Alone, he stepped into the world. The bright lights created his eyes. The harsh wind ruffled his golden hair. And his shoulders carried the burden of loneliness.

Alone, in the harsh heat of the desert. It hadn’t always been this way. But it was now and that’s what mattered at the moment.

He returned to his spot in the shade of the small cave he called his home for now. He knew he had better ch...

My Christmas is not like many others. There is no free for all gift opening. There is no running back to our rooms to spend the day with all our new toys. There are no crazy drunken uncles, nor white trash cousins. No one gets ran over by reindeer. No one gets left out of it. But by golly, it’s crazy. And it is crazy good.

But this year...this year was different. I woke early, excited to spend t...

I wake up in the recovery room, it looks like all the other rooms, but more empty. This one is just me and my oxygen tank. I look around and there is a nurse, who sees that I am awake.

“Hello, I’m Margaret. Your nurse for the day. On a scale of one to ten, one being the least, ten being the most, how much pain are you feeling?” She asked kindly with a clipboard ready to write it down.

I flex mus...

I always knew I was different, and outcast. An alien in human flesh, destined to wander this strange planet alone. Then I saw him, sitting across the cafeteria.

Wearing a nice white hoodie that made his incredibly pale skin seem almost more tan than possible. His hood was half up, but the front bit of his hair tumbled out. Golden and blonde, drooping nest his eye level, as I neared his eyes thems...

“You were the only reason, the only reason at all.” I said it with confidence in my voice as I looked up into his beautiful face. I could have sat there forever, basking in the warmth. The sun was gone, the earth gone with it, but here I stood on solid ground with light shining around me. It was warmer than the sun. Brighter. Purer. Better and stronger than the sun ever could have been. It is the ...

The warmth of the big ol light in the sky is my very favorite. I lay by the window all the while it is there. I wish it would never leave. The warmth settles into my fur and my insides warm up...I’m hungry and want food. Regretfully, I leave my perch. I yawn and stretch my legs, beginning to make my way into the darkness. It’s cold, but warmth remains. I hope it’s food time.

I head to my human, ...

They were all gone. All of them, just like that. The dinner table had been full of food and friends alike, laughing and talking as we ate and were grateful. Christmas had always been my favorite time of the year, even with the cold and pain it brought me. It always carries an extra bit of love in the air to warm each and every one of us. Perhaps that’s just God though.

I had asked for someone to ...

He winked at me and I knew I had it, I was the best gunslinger in the whole of the Wild West. I stared down my opponent, she wasn’t the first and she wouldn’t be the last; I only wish I didn’t have to kill her. We both drew, like I’ve done for years, but this time I fell back, and my blood bubbled out. ...

There was fire all around

The sky dark yet bright

The blood on the ground

Shone into his eyes

This was his worst fear

Her hand laying limp

The end drawing near

She could not yet go

She turned her head toward him

Her last words on her lips

Looking him in the eyes as her own grew dim

She coughed out the few lines

Her heart slowed to a stop

Her trust in him and soul at peace

His eyes went to the...

The cold brushed against my cheek as I walked through the cold park. My mind blank except the strong desire to get home and out of this snow.

It’s been snowing for days straight, nearing the biggest cold front we have experienced here in Boston. The fall is long gone, and with it our best season. The winter has never been quite this bad though.

I slip a bit going over a bridge, struggling to ke...