My alarm goes off at the same time it does every morning, seven. I snake my arm out from beneath the warmth of my blankets to turn it off and...

The lights from the building across the street were on. Kyle gripped his blue ceramic mug fiercely, standing by his window. The tea in it had...

Max awoke with a groan. The piercing sunlight that danced between the blinds had made its way across the bed, bringing him to sit up and grab at...

It was, at first glance, a simple task. Some would say it ranged between child's play and a teenage boy's dare. Something that could be easily...

I started my day, like any other, by ringing the door spell. A litany of spikes, arrows and swords greeted me. I dodged them as best I could...

When I used to picture my future, it always looked the same. I was older, wrinkled, and sitting on the porch with my husband. We would hold hands...

She never liked to fly. She hated it but she also saw the irony in it. She had been in active service for years and still had motion sickness. She...

Andrea and I met when we were just six years old. Both of us were two lonely girls on a playground full of strangers at a new school. Everyone had...

Everything is new.  I’m sitting at a mahogany desk that I bought for studying and schoolwork, although I usually just end up sitting on the...

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Jack who had always had an interest in solving crime. He was tall and lean, with short, dark hair...

In 2024, an AI was fed the complete works of George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, and Napoleon. It then spits this out: "History is a fable...

Guard duty was always a bore on base, until this night. I’ll never forget this night. Being an MP mostly consisted of yelling at, and...

In the ever-present hum of the Neural Nexus, I found solace. It was a symphony of interconnected thoughts, an intricate dance of shared...

The rain had a strange way of hitting that roof. Louder than necessary, and dripping in a few places. Leaking into the dimly lit living room with...

A Night At The Museum  Something moved. I could have sworn that I saw something move from the periphery of my eyes but turning around to inspect...

I grit my teeth together at the sound of footsteps approaching my cell. Words I’ll never speak are caught in my throat like stale bread. There...