I lay in bed as my eyes opened blearily, taking in the empty darkness of my room. Searching blindly for the cause of my wakefulness, I began to hear an unhurried tapping at the door. The house was eerily quiet. The static of sleep faded from my ears, leaving only the steady strikes and the silence. I wondered to myself what it could possibly be, pondering for a few moments the matter of rousing m...

I have walked this path a hundred times, a thousand times. The snow begins to fall as it always does, and you look up at the towering trees and smile, as you always do. Your eyes are warm and kind, bright with joy. My feet that have been wandering forward slowly come to a halt. Wisps of snow drift through the air and all sounds are muted by the gray expanse of sky. I will my feet to continue onwar...

The air was suffocating; a mixture of heat, smoke, and scattered specks of the past. Fire crackled through the rotting floors and began to creep behind them. She walked steadily towards the entrance, not seeming to mind the firestorm. She stepped on the threshold, pausing for a moment and turning her head to search for him.

He had stopped a few paces from where she stood, hesitant. He stared at ...

“Tonight will be our last sunset. You will never see me again.”

They sat on a precarious ledge jutting out of a sea-swept cliff. Her hand lay atop his, and the words she spoke were gentle. She turned her her head to face him, only to find his eyes already on her. Her eyes held his gaze for a moment before shying to the sea below, and then to the horizon. Only the sound of the waves crashing fille...