“We are so sorry to inform you…only ten days left…”  The words echo in my head as I sit on my couch. It was such a normal start to the...

In the heart of a bustling city lay an old, forgotten building. Its façade was covered in layers of grime, and its once elegant architecture had...

I half haphazardly flip my hand through the air to turn the pages of the book before me. This book is just one of many, but it is how I decide who...

It’s Daya’s smile that haunts me most in this moment. My best friend’s radiance and joy existing only as a memory as I stand in this living...

My hands were warmed by the mug of freshly brewed tea I held in my hands as I gazed out the window. It was dreary inside, but the world outside my...

Raymond Mankowitz lay dying in his bed. At 95 years old, he had been sequestered in his room for nearly a week as hospice care gently guided his...

I awoke to a world that was unlike anything I had ever known. The harsh, dimly lit room and the coarse fabric of my dress immediately made it...

The Weird Couple The rain fell heavy that morning.   I remember climbing down the stairs in twos, my eyes fixed on the house across the street....

KARA The snow fell on Kara's face as she walked down the lonely streets. It wasn't exactly lonely- people buzzed past her, lost in their tiny...

“You’ve got another soul to reap. A week from today.” The file is tossed onto the coffee table I’m sitting at, but before I can look up to...

It’s been two years since the war started. The war isn’t with other countries, it’s within this country. Or at least it was back when this...

Rey King had a rough morning, and it was only 4:55 AM. For starters, a delivery had been left out in the rain overnight. The floors had also not...

One more step would mean certain death. Literally. I do not mean this figuratively or as any other form of speech. I mean that if I dared to take...

It was raining cats and dogs outside. The rain was torrential, giving the patrons in the local dive bar an excuse to stay and down another...

His head was throbbing.  Thomas had never been more grateful to go home to his bed. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel to avoid drifting...

The clock behind Dr. Selby’s head seemed to move in slow motion. Every appointment started out the same way – he’d ask how I felt, I’d...