One eye peered out from behind a blanket of thick, greasy, black hair. The eye was red and bloodshot, yellow puss dripped from the inside corner and oozed down the side of its nose pooling in the crevice between the nose and cheek.

The cheek flesh was webbed with spidery green veins against the pale yellow skin....

It cannot be controlled

It cannot be prevented

It cannot be avoided

It bites into the very existence

of the system

Infecting from within,

And hidden from without

Demolish the system,

And you demolish corruption...

Sometimes when I’m sad

I hide away from the sun

But I need its light

The sun is up now

Today will be a hot one

Time to go swimming

She hides behind clouds

Some days she needs to recharge

Some days so do I...

I awoke with a splitting headache, and no recollection of where it had come from.

I lay staring up at the kitchen ceiling, puddles of milk pooling all around me on the ground.

Reaching up, I found a large lump along the back of my head, and when my hand came away it was covered in a sticky thick substance. Blood.

I lifted myself to a sitting position and noticed the pieces of glass laying aroun...

Carly watched from the large waiting area window at gate 6B as the massive jet crashed down onto the jetway, bursting into flames.

The people around her all gasped and pushed against her to get a view from the window behind where she sat.

The ground crew ran quickly across the jetway, fire hoses in hand, to put out the fire.

At that moment, the next plane nose dived onto the jetway atop the las...

These walls hold a secret.

They won’t tell you what they hold... but I will.

Life once breathed within these walls. The everyday cooking, cleaning and working took place here. The family, a small unit, was secure in this place. The mother, the father, and their little piglet.

When the winds came and the storm blew the ocean in, the three had nowhere to go.

Waves crashed against the walls, the...

Dvone counted to ten against the tree, then shouted, “ready or not, here I come!”

He spun around and surveyed the scene. Children played busily on the playground, mothers sat silently on benches, staring at their phones, but there was no sign of Jayden.

He scanned the bushes and walked towards the bike path.

A man stood against the fence, minding his own business, looking out...

Snow White.

That’s what came to mind as I spotted the droplets of red dotting the bright, white snow. The contrast was striking. A deep apple red against the soft white glow of the powder.

What had happened here?

I followed the slick red streaks up to the wood line and contemplated whether or not to enter into this mystery.

The footprints beside the blood were indistinguishable. The falling sno...

Junie grabbed his sister’s hand and pulled her towards the cliff edge. She walked shakily in his direction, but their eyes met and she nodded. She was ready. Turning their gaze to the bottom of the ravine, they both stepped off into the abyss.

…

Cassie and Junie had always known they were special.

People usually wrote off their unique behavior as part of the much fabled twin connection. As many ...

Anthony squirmed in the bucket seat as he shoved the cell phone in his pocket, and reached for the headphones lying to his right on the passenger seat.

He checked the time, 6:12pm, then surveyed the parking lot: still no Julia.

The parking lot at the swamp trail entrance was empty, as usual. Not many people came down here during the week, which made it the perfect spot for a quiet run. He and Ju...