Roger fell to his knees in the auburn tufts of grass, fingertips landing in the soft ground. He had veered off the path of white limestone and was looking for something. The thick mist was rolling in and soon he wouldn’t be able to see his hand in front of his face. He wasn’t sure what to do. He didn’t know how to keep it from happening. All he knew was he had to help stop it.

Over the course of...

“I’m just saying that I’m confused. She told me not to be at school at night. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not like she ever gave me a chance to apologize for that other thing either.”

Derek sighed. “Yeah, but…”

I interceded. “No buts! I can’t read her mind. Yes, I need to ask more questions and that’s on me. But there are two sides of this.”

As our discussion went on, we were unaware that two s...

I was just sitting at my desk. I think it was all a dream but… I’m not sure. It seemed so real.

I’m a computer programmer. And since AI has been introduced into the company, I haven’t had to do as much. And while my pay has stayed the same, it means that I’m often just sitting at my desk doing nothing. Because I’m still on the clock and I’m limited in the things I can do during business hours.

...

“Hey Chels, look over here!” Sabrina called me over to where she was standing. There was a rack of clothes and next to it, a basket of purses and bags.

Holding one up to me, Sabrina stood back analyzing how it looked from every angle. “I think this would go with your costume perfectly,” she said.

“Hmm. Maybe. It’s missing something… I don’t know.” I looked through the rest of the bags and didn’...

He’s here. Again. Like clockwork. Every year. I don’t know what’s so special about today, nor why he comes here, nor why he just stares without saying anything. He just sits there. And somehow… it’s always, eerily, raining. Every. Year. Like clockwork. He comes with his umbrella and stares and somehow even if it was light and sunny 10 minutes prior, when he showed up it’s raining. I don’t get it. ...

“Hand it over, now!”

“I can’t. You know I can’t,” she said, gasping for air. She was hanging on for dear life. There was no one there who could- or would- help her. The only way she could keep it safe from them is to let go of the rusty metal scaffolding while keeping her grip tight on the box.

Alice knelt down slowly, bracing herself with her fingers. She looked down at Nicole who’s fingers w...

“Sarah!” I yelled from across the nearly deserted area. “You’ve got to find the stone!”

Dang it, I thought to myself. I don’t think she heard me. Of all the times to not hear me, she didn’t hear me now?

There’s debris flying this way and that way as the battle continues to rage. Only Sarah, myself, and the dudes in what looked like cloaks are in the area. The cloaked dudes are simultaneously fi...

Once, this was a house where everyone came together. It was lively, entertaining, bold. The house itself, while being just a building, seemed to exude the same level of excellence and compassion as its inhabitants and their guests.

Now, however, it seems to be doing the same thing but for a very different reason; no one comes and goes anymore. There are no more parties, no statesmen arriving wit...

It came. We knew it was coming. We had prepared for this.

We gathered everything we needed: food, water, guns…toilet paper. Lots of toilet paper.

The last battle has begun. Over the last few years, we had been bombarded with attacks from otherworldly creatures, but we all knew those were just leading up to something bigger. This is that bigger moment.

The creature that is coming has the powe...