Fatima was standing in front of the one place she had promised herself to stay away from. It stood decrepit, yet it induced fear and loathing in her. The two floor Victorian held for her memories of hopes, desires, and darkness. Fatima hesitated, th…
Howard wiped the sweat off his deeply wrinkled forehead. The sun beamed down on his thinning scalp mercilessly as he tried to prune the tomato plants he had growing on his acreage. His crew had missed a few of them, and so he pruned the sucklings fr…
Lena opened her eyes. Her left lid drooped, and she could see through a squint. She searched her environment, which was both familiar and unfamiliar. It was a bedroom; it wasn’t hers, yet she knew who it belonged to. Lena tried to lift her body up b…
James could feel the shove of a rough hand on his back as he stumbled forward; gravel kicked up and sprinkled over his boots. There was laughter surrounding him, occasionally the chink of glass and the puff of smoke. He smelled steak and sweat on hi…
Marian plodded along the muddy path with her two younger siblings, who giggled and zig-zagged about behind her. They were late for class and were only halfway to the wooden school. With one hand pulling her long cape and the other juggling her schoo…
Connie placed the board game on the dining room table as Rosa and Darlene stared at it, their mouths dropping slightly. Connie smiled; she knew they would react. David Letterman droned on in the living room as her parents watched from the mustard-ye…
Agla slowly released the sheep, and it bucked, kicking its legs out and hopping to its feet. She watched as it trodded out the barn door and back to its family, their bodies stiff against the corral as if they knew it was shearing day. As the late m…
0:03 Holden could feel sunburst legs to extend out as it descended into Earth. He gripped the armrests and closed his eyes. He never liked the landing. The ship rattled as it fought against gravity. To distract himself, Holden thought…
Gloria stared out the window of her fiancée’s childhood bedroom; she noticed the fog cling to the houses and trees, creating an opaque blue screen over the entire landscape. With only half an hour left for the sun to set, nightfall appeared to have …
The Tricked Treaters Charlie stared inside his dented, plastic pumpkin, which was filled almost to the brim with candy. His eyes skimmed over the Snickers, Three Musketeers, and Tootsie Roll. He frowned and dipped his small hand to fish it out. The…
Zombie Walk Catelyn scanned the walkers as more and more of them showed up dressed in zombie-ware. The remaining light of day revealed the ripped clothes, dark eyes, and special effects make-up that shuffled between the old cemetery’s gravestone…
The New Lucky restaurant Yolanda was unimpressed by the decor of the restaurant; she was expecting it to be dark and gothic in tone. Instead, stark lighting, made more garish by the night, greeted her as she surveyed the small eatery with its be…
The Duffel Bag Anthony stared across the bustling street towards the old man sitting on the bus bench at the edge of the park. The man wore wrinkle-free trousers and a button-down top with a fedora resting on the top of his thinning hair. On the…
