“They have come so far, have they not?”

Elka turned, startled, “Yes. They have grown to twice their size since I last saw them.”

The Tamer smirked, “Thrice, in fact. Almost full grown.” Elka smiled and looked back at the creatures swirling around each other in the distance. Stepping back from the cliff edge, she fiddled with the ring on her finger.

“It has been some time,” She looked down, uns...

How do you begin to explain to a child, your child, that you will be leaving them? A goodbye, to them, is only ever temporary. They have not experienced life yet. The loss, the grief, the ends of relationships, moving away.

Will she think I will return? Like a Monday morning, she will say goodbye only to return six hours later and have me hug her tightly as I tell her how much I have missed her. ...

“I think I just met the happiest person in the world.” Clara closed the break room door stiffly as she entered, an entertained look spread across her face.

“Oh?” I took a sip of coffee as I sat up in my chair, intrigued.

“Yeah,” she started, “the man we found yesterday? That was his wife.” I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. I knew the man, I had been working the case, I had gone t...

I had never given too much thought to my death.

In my 23 years of life I had only ever considered that I would die of old age. Maybe in my home, surrounded by loved ones. Maybe in a hospital, surrounded by nurses. I hadn’t thought about it much because it didn’t matter to me. It would be an inevitable end to a long and fulfilling life. One I had barely even started. It wasn’t my time yet, and it...

In the last few moments of her life, Alice realised three things.

One, this man was familiar. Not familiar in the way of an old friend or acquaintance, or even a brief encounter at a party. No, this man was familiar like a shadow. Was he the man who stood a little too close behind her at the coffee shop? Perhaps he was the man whose gaze lingered a little too long at the park? It was hard to say....