I laid in the hospital bed trying to ignore my throbbing arm. The tv only provided three channels. The news, sports, and a Spanish soap opera. I sighed. The surgery was supposed to be today but some politician had taken my spot. And what’s a fractured arm compared to a heart failure? At least they gave me worker’s comp. As if the job wasn’t already killing my brain cells.

Laughter echoed throug...

I sat in silence as my therapist stared at me. His pen tapped the desk. A rhythm quickly grating on my nerves after ten minutes of silence.

“What do you want me to say?” I blurted out.

Dr Zingle set down his pen. “Let’s start with the nightmares. What do you remember about them?”

“I never told you that I was having nightmares.”

Suspicion snuck into the back of my mind. I’d started seei...

I stared at the bullet wound as more shots rang out. There was so much blood gushing from my teacher’s stomach. More than I’d ever seen before. Bullets hit the side of the baggage handler that we were hiding behind. It shook but the suitcases inside took all the damage.

“Enara…” my teacher gasped as blood trickled out his mouth.

I scooted closer. My hands hovered over his wound but I was afr...

I rode behind the three knights ignoring the randy song Emil was singing. Makari rode beside him sharpening one of his blades. And Hadrian lead the way letting his wolf mount sniff out the crown prince’s trail.

It was then that I noticed the silence of the forest. I stopped, jumping down as I opened my senses. And ignoring the insults Emil threw my way. The mana of the forest was taunt as if so...

I awoke with a start. And sunlight flooded my eyes. I looked out the window to see an endless field of poppies instead of the expanse of space. Had they really landed without telling me?

I ripped myself from the bedsheets. But my heart squeezed just as I reached the hallway. I leaned against the wall not daring to make a sound. It wouldn’t do to show the others how sick I really was. The pain w...

It started with the rain. My worst enemy. And yet my greatest power. But I was still drowning as I watched it through the bar window.

“Captain!”

Spoons burst through the door. He was soaked through and yet he carried an umbrella. He spotted me and stole my drink.

I dodged the splatters of water. “Are you just here to steal my whiskey?”

“Sorry, Captain.” He set down the empty cup. “The...

It was too quiet for the first day of spring. Especially for a winter borne like me. Sooner or later a spring born would come and…

“You’ve got bingo.”

I looked to my husband who was holding up his own bingo card to match with the numbers being called. Dexter marked my card as well though if his eyesight was as bad as he claimed that shouldn’t be possible.

He nudged me. “You wanna let Kar...

I smiled as I left the nursery. Three days and I’d finally been able to get rid of the powdery mildew in my section. The boss had even treated me to a few tomato seeds to grow at home. They would go perfect with the basil I was growing.

Someone caught my eye as I crossed the street. He seemed familiar. But it was hard to tell with the beard.

“You should take the alley.” The voice was accompa...

I watched as my sister and Father argued. Elda had her hand on her sword. And indeed no one would stop her from killing the king. As crown princess it would only cement her rule. Not that it mattered. Eventually she would lose the argument either to Father or the council. And I’d be sent away as some prize for an otherworlder. But that didn’t matter as long as my planet was safe.

I touched Eld...

“Anything you leave I’m throwing away.” Mom said as she left my childhood bedroom.

Or what had been my childhood bedroom. It now resembled a storage room of random Knick knacks. But then again Dad had always been a hoarder.

I dug through the exercise equipment and garage sale finds. Finally I reached my dresser. I still had a few clothes I hadn’t bothered bringing to college. Some old jewelr...