The scent of decay filled my nostrils. My eyelids were heavy but I forced them open after a few blinks anyways. I opened my eyes to a sky that appeared like dusk. The orange clouds on the horizon reminiscent of sunset. I made a move to sit up but my hands and feet remained motionless. I could feel the tight constriction around each wrist and ankle before I made a look to see the ropes binding me. ...

“Mark, come in here.” Sutton is sitting at his desk shuffling through the piles of papers that he considers his filing cabinet. He looks congenial and I hate to ruin his mood but I have been working for Sutton for about three months now and it is high time that he gets my name right.”

“It’s Matt.” I say stepping into his office.

“Oh yes, of course, Matt. Well come in here. We have a new assignment...

What will I leave behind?

What memories remain?

When my life is in rewind;

Will my legacy sustain?

When my candle has been extinguished;

And I go into the great unknown.

Do not weep for me in anguish;

For I will watch how you have grown.

Though you cannot see me;

Beside you, I will be....

Claire’s head landed gently on her pillow as she let her body collapse into the bed. She was exhausted from a day of sightseeing and the Guinness had relaxed her muscles and thoughts. She could still hear the music rising up from the pub below, but her body yearned for sleep. She blocked out the sound and let herself slip away.

It wasn’t the sun that woke her the next day, despite it breaking thr...

It was better this way. It was the right thing to do. It had to be because that’s what he kept telling himself. They would be better without me. All he could feel was the darkness inside of himself. It felt like oil, oozing out of his pores and poisoning everyone he was near. It didn’t matter what his wife told him. Her words seemed hollow as they echoed inside his head. They didn’t need him to st...

It had started with an alarm. It rang out annoyingly through the dark. Too early but that was the choice she had made. Pulling on the clothes that had been carefully laid out the night before she made her way through the frosty morning and settled into her warm car for the 2 hour drive. The drive itself was uneventful. She watched the sun rise and sang along to the radio. It wasn’t long before she...

The rain had driven all of the other mourners away. It was coming in sheets now. I hadn’t embraced the rain but I hadn’t scurried for shelter either. I just stood there, numbly letting it trickle through my hair and drip off my nose. It couldn’t feel it weaving rivers down my back anymore because it had soaked through my clothes, leaving them sodden against my skin.

Through blurry eyes I stared a...

They have settled on the ground; fallen robes at the ladies feet.

Through the autumn light, a gentle breeze whispers promises of snow....