The two books open on the table are boring.

The black haired boy glances sideways at the other, and puts his hand on the table, between the two books.

The blonde boys eyes flicker over the pale hand, and his own rough hand joins it on the table.

The black haired boy watches as the larger calloused hand engulfs his own. A shy smile flickers on his lips.

The librarian, reading something long and...

A slight nod here

A faint gesture there

I smile in reply

And give a nod of my own

I get up and open the fridge

Hold up a Tupperware

A shrug and a faint frown

So I put it back

And offer something else

This time a nod and a smile...

A Crimson crypt perches atop heightened hummocks,

bearing grievous gargoyles that fester on skobeloffskies

Their Torturous talons clutch against sturdy stones they guard; their eyes peep preciously downwards the diabolical dirt

Their Withering wings sway against the wary winds, their barbarous bodies muscle down on the stained stones below

Then, Amidst the flock of decurved demons lies a col...

I never understood why people talked. I didn't have much to say so I didn't. I instead chose to observe; most people are so focused on their own lives that they don't see the beauty in the monotony of their routines. Nobody stops to look at how the coffee left in the bottom of your mug looks like a four leaf clover or the color of the sky in the early morning before the world has awoken. I did. I ...

A year ago Maddie was a victim of a teribal person. The guy was named William. He acted charming. It would of bean Maddie’s first date.

She didn’t mind that he couldn’t speek. He had this text to speech app on his phone. He was born with deformed vocal cords, or so he said. She still doesn’t know if that was the truth.

It was just after five. William pick...

It was 1967 and the Earth had been invaded. The weird creatures are highly capable of murder, and find their victims by sound. By the end of 1975, there was only 10 people left in Oklahoma. They joined together and agreed, they would use hand signs, signals, and gestures to communicate instead of talking.

The creatures had a very high sense of hearing, even one loud breath can be your last. The g...

Christmas is coming! Let’s dance and sing with plenty of joy we can bring! Tonight is Christmas Eve! I love seeing the fireworks! I have never heard them though, I’m Deaf. I love our Deaf community! That’s who I’m spending Christmas with. All of my friends. And my Deaf partner, Rae! I sign to my partner:

« I love you. Merry Christmas! »

They laugh.

« It isn’t Christmas yet, my love! »

I sign back ...

Annie’s watch said it had been three hours. About every thirty seconds she would press the button to check, hoping 21 hours would have passed by. Of course they didn’t. The watch wasn’t really hers either. But that was a matter best left untouched in her mind…

Currently she was in one of the small dirt tunnels, bent over to keep her head from whacking a stone on the ceiling. Her thought process, ...

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮, 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓸𝓯. 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓺𝓾𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮.

𝓑𝓾𝓽... 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓻.

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮, 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵. 𝓘𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵...

The sound of my sister sweeping downstairs begins to nudge me out of sleep. There is no sign of daylight thanks to the thick curtain I have hung over the only window in my room. Curtain is a loose description for the thick scraps of velvet material I found at goodwill and hand stitched into a makeshift shield between my bedroom and the drab town of Bedmont.

Whsssh whsssh whsssh… the hard fibers ...