The outside starts to crack

Secrets desperately try escaping

It’s a daily struggle, to stay on track

And not start over from the beginning

Instagram models, showing off some skin

Make the temptation hard to resist

“For you” page littered with sin

Come on, you’re better than this

I’m reminded some days are tougher

Trying to peel myself away

But with the effort comes the suffer

Of getting bette...

Annabelle sat poised in her seat, as she pulled out her color coordinated notebook and pen. An exhibition of her organized life, she opened up the light pink cover daintily and started preparing her agenda for the day, which included this elective business course followed by another 300-level marketing class. A smile rested neatly on her face, as the clock on the wall approached the beginning of c...

Creaking floorboards careened under Missy’s feet as she walked down the western hallway. She had only visited her godparent’s manor when she was a child, long before the once stately homestead decrepitated. The door at the end of the hall was slightly ajar, so she continued forward to investigate.

Upon reaching for the handle, a shiver raced down her spine, and she lurched backward. Was this the...

“I need to confess something…I did it. Now can you pass the wine?” I say to Max, reaching my hand across the poker table toward the bottle. Seth chuckles and slurs out “no way, man. She went home with her boyfriend I saw them leave the bar.”

Max points to my glass, and i pass it over to him as he smirks. “Yeah, but that doesn’t mean she went home with him, right ZB?” Already privy to the story’s...

The gentle hum of the engines suddenly heightened into a roar, and there was a small gasp from the passengers. The seemingly tranquil beast of metal and electricity started crawling down the tarmac, and picking up ground quickly. Jackson and his newlywed wife, Anne, held each others arms as they gazed out the window. The asphalt started to lower beneath them, before they realized they were airborn...

After locking his car in the gravel lot, the young man began the short walk to his cabin. His girlfriend already nestled under the covers inside, he thought about joining her amongst the fabric, getting lost in her arms. But he was distracted for a moment, by a faint dribbling sound. There was a stream about four or five yards from the edge of the gravel trail, which he had not noticed earlier tha...

After locking his car in the gravel lot, the young man began the short walk to his cabin. His girlfriend already nestled under the covers inside, he thought about joining her amongst the fabric, getting lost in her arms. But he was distracted for a moment, by a faint dribbling sound. There was a stream about four or five yards from the edge of the gravel trail, which he had not noticed earlier tha...

The crisp winter breeze nips at my face, as Jennifer fastens the rope around her waist. “See this knot right here? This is how I slowly let out the rope” Jenny explains. All I can feel is my heart pounding against my chest, and the quick vibrations of my Apple Watch. I glance down “high heart rate” I see flash across the screen and think to myself, “gee, no shit Sherlock”.

“Okay, let me help you...

Captain’s Log: Day 33 post flash. The searing burn on the back of my neck has completely healed. The pain almost felt appropriate, like I was paying my dues for being down in that well on the fateful day explosions rained down. Why me? Why did every other man, woman and child on the western hemisphere perish except me? I’ve asked myself this every day, and every day that radio remains silent drive...

“I can’t really explain it, Emily it’s just that - I’ve been really struggling”. Ryan sits on her bed slinking into the corner, physically withdrawing further. “It’s okay, try to help me understand” she says back, reaching to place her warm hand on his shoulder. Emily hadn’t used her powers on him before, and she never felt the need to in this relationship. But she could tell Ryan was deeply confl...