The Cycle, in all its inexorable, inexplicable pointlessness, is laid bare before me.

Fusionman is my arch nemesis. He is also my dad. His real name is Bart J. Holcomb. Mom died when I was six years old, leaving just me and my dad. My dad was already knee deep in the super hero thing by

There's an old saying. Actually, a very old saying, so old that almost no one alive says it anymore. But, in my family, we didn't only know the saying, it was the golden rule of our household. It comes

James couldn't remember passing out. In fact, he wasn't sure that he had. He just had an inkling that some small piece of time was missing, as though a shutter had briefly closed and then opened. What

As a home owner, I can attest that when the roof of your house is a wreck, it tends to take precedence over every other problem. It's just hard to care about scuffed paint or an ant infestation when your

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Craig was out of paintballs. His friends were coming over to his parent's place in a couple of hours for a tournament in their sprawling backyard and he was out of ammunition. It would not do. "Mom,

"Eyes on your own paper." Mrs. Halloway tapped Bobby on the shoulder with a pencil and gave him a stern look. Bobby cringed and turned back to the inscrutable numbers all over the page in front

High in the red sky, the sun poured radiation along the entire EM spectrum onto the seemingly endless Northern Plains. They are a caravan of four. Jericho and Michaels, the Americans. Gergiev and Pimenov,

The plane ride was absolutely terrifying. My cousin and his brother said it would be so exhilarating, flying in the air like a bird. Show me the bird that gets strapped into a seat next to 200 other birds

I am often asked by readers and biology enthusiasts - "Graxon, you have seen the wide expanse of the galaxy, examined countless lifeforms, tell us, what is your favorite species?" A difficult

"Code Blue!" The lights of the hospital race past my line of sight as the gurney I am laying on is run down a long hallway. A woman, immensely beautiful, she looks like my ex-wife when she was

The note was on my bedroom door when I got out of bed this morning, stuck up there with a bit of tape. This was especially strange since I had no roommates. I checked the front door and windows, all locked

"Hey - yeah you - I've got a quest for you." Hogar the Barbarian stood by his shop, speaking to Sexypigeon69. Sexypigeon69 was a level 90 sorcerer, the maximum level allowed back in 2017, when

Across the scientific community, panic reigned. All around the world, the greatest human minds collectively analyzed the cryptic message, totally at a loss as to its precise meaning, but all quite certain

Agnus found Him sitting alone, His suit jacket wrinkled and torn at the shoulder, the unkempt mess of His curly hair peaking over His stooped neck. She pulled up a stool beside Him, placing her purse on

An ear scratching haze of static poured out of the old cathode ray TV, its visual representation filling the dilapidated room with wandering flickers of light. Gary's face was dimly lit by the electric

93 candles burn hot. It took me almost an hour to light them all. By the time I lit the final one, the first had almost entirely melted away. I sat at my kitchen table, alone, looking at the cheap sheet

I lay in a field. The grass tickles my ears, scratches at the back of my neck and the skin of my forearms. Small invisible bugs squirm across me on their way to more important places, more interesting

Kyle hated coming into the city. People everywhere, as far as the eye could see. The effect was supremely overwhelming. The 3 train was chugging along slowly between Times Square and 72nd street, coming