Working Like a Dog: The Beginning
**Working Like a Dog: The Begining** A dull ringing pierced the veil of sleep, like a rushing heartbeat pounding through water. Waking gradually, Argos rose from his bed and looked around the room. “I get it," he muttered, fumbling with his phone...
The Clutch
Thunder crackled off in the distance, a brilliant arch of light wove across the sky before landing on a nearby mountain peak with a resounding bang. He looked up at the foreboding sky as dark tumultuous clouds stretched out into the horizon. As other...
Working Like a Dog: The Metamorphosis
—The sight made his stomach turn. Like car wreckage, he could not look away, though he wanted nothing more than to do so. Showering proved difficult for Argos, malformed hands fiddling imprecisely with the handle. Under the hot water, his mind...
Working Like a Dog: The End
—Holding the bleeding Argos close, Penelope sprinted from the facility and into the open air. She looked around in a panic, searching for any cover hiding place. An alley across the street, unmaintained and dark enough to hide them. Staying out in the...
Potent Supplements
Loud knocking at the door roused Nat from a light sleep. As the haze of sleep faded, he recognized the sound and jumped to his feet. His glasses cluttered to the ground from the motion, forcing the boy to fumble for the eyewear and delay answering the...
Working Like a Dog: The Escape
**Working Like a Dog: The Escape** —Returning to her body felt like splashing into frigid arctic waters, blinded by brilliant white light. Penelope gasped and flailed, searching around in temporary bewilderment. Kurtis put a gentle but firm...
Working Like a Dog: The Change
**Working Like a Dog: The Change** Argos found himself surrounded by a comfortable, warm, darkness. Weightless and numb, he curled himself into the peaceful glow. Some spark of conscience asked where he was or what had happened. However, the kindness...
A Night to Forget
—Blood pumped swift and hat under the bright moonlight. He pushed his way through branches and brush, feet pounding into the dirt as he sprinted through the forest. The wind froze the sweat on his face like ice, his flesh burning with the fire of...
Red Moon Rises
Winds always ran swiftest over the rocky moors. Smooth grey slabs and stones rose from the shallow dirt and short grass. Some stone carved into pillars and stairs from a civilization so ancient that none living remembered its name. Thus was the way of...
Sea Song (Clean)
The fresh salty air filled Bolívar's lungs as he rocked back and forth on the calm morning sea. With nothing better to do, he lay his hands over the sides of his board and soaked in the warm sunlight. With a bored sigh, he leaned his head back against...
Bump in the Night (Clean)
A dark curtain fell over the town. The moon and stars were enshrouded behind a murky wall of storm clouds. The darkness was so all encompassing that the dozens of inhabitants seemed to fear the very prospect of disturbing the choking umbra. Not a...
A Beast Set Loose
**A Beast Set Loose** --A day began as they always did. Pate woke with a start, sweating and glancing around the room, panicked by nightmares he could no longer remember. As the chocolate-brown kodiak bear's breathing slowed, he turned to the side...