I used to think I was just unique. The ability I possessed made me something so very different from everyone else. Time stood still on a whim for me. This was quite literal to it seemed as if I could stop time in its tracks. No one around me would move other then myself. It was like some sort of matrix I could jump into and just pause life. I noticed this happening for a while, but never understo...

At the start this was your average small midwest town. What used to be a normal intersection on the corner now left in a pile of rubble. Trees uprooted and strewn all over. Active electrical wires hung down from the power poles. Houses went from respectable structures to being completely unrecognizable in a matter of moments. Branches, limbs and even entire trees thrown thru homes like spears. Eve...

When the news broke about the incident everyone was on high alert. Our small town of Augusta had never dealt with something like this. Not only had an out of town couple gone missing at the local campground. They had been found brutally beaten. The lack of witnesses, and inability to get a statement from the mangled pair made it hard for an investigation. Soon the sheriffs had finished clearing th...

Staring out across the cold empty fields. As the moon shined bright it illuminated a few scraggly bushes further down in the landscape. The air was dry and cold. Thinking of crossing such a barren wasteland was unsettling in itself. The thought of making it across and surviving seemed pessimistic at best. There was something cinematic about the chill in both the air, and paralyzing fears of what c...

It all started with the old cars hidden in the woods. Once a beautiful piece of scenery had become something completely inverse. Trees grew up through some of the cars. When walking nearby the sounds coming from the woods could make the toughest men pick up there pace. Everyone knew behind the line of decrepit automobiles lie a house looking in comparably bad shape. The house had belonged to Cletu...

In todays day and age almost everything has become subjective. From entertainment, to what’s acceptable by society, to how one should carry himself. This used to be pretty cut and dry. A man was expected to be either mechanically useful, highly educated, or a combination of the two. Expected to work with his hands and be able to lead provide and protect. Now the same is expected without any level ...

Times were changing rapidly for the Williams family. The father James or Jim as most people called him was a rugged blue collar man. Working in anything from mines to construction to support his family. Jim’s wife Sarah was a stay at home mom to there two sons. The boys James Jr or “JJ” for short and Timothy ages nine and twelve respectively. While the boys were off at school Sarah would make sure...

It was just another blustery cold day in the small Soviet town of Pripyat. The men were splitting wood to hear there homes. The women were inside weaving and cooking. Children would play outside typically, but not on days with artic winds. The small town was your very typical Russian settlement of the 20 century. Until it was all undone in a matter of moments. Just south west down the Pripyat riv...

As I shut my eyes and drifted to sleep the curiosity peaked. What would I see, would it be quick and peaceful? Would it be violent and slow. The possibilities ravaged my mind as I tried to calm myself. Once I finally relaxed enough to doze off I became overly sensitive to the environment around me. That was until I realized I was no longer laying in my bed. I wasn’t even inside my house anymore. I...

As normal as everything was on the usual walk home from school, when we reached the edge of the wood line something felt unsettling. My friends Derek, Lizzy, and I had been walking this path home from school for about five years now. Typically you’ll hear some rustling or the animals in the forest that seperates our neighborhood and the field but nothing unusual. Sometimes the snow would weigh hea...