Source "The world is still in place. I am still alive. I had to be in order to save you from the pain and you needed to find that reason. I was not dead after all. You have to remember that. You have

Source It was all dark and quiet here. As if it was a tomb. Then I remembered the door at the end of the hallway. The door that lead to the basement. Jack never told me he had a fallout shelter. Not surprised

Source Your parents tell you it is not safe for you to walk out into the wood alone. They say the bad serpent people live there too. You are lonely, and you remember a fairy who comes to your village every

Source It had been two weeks since the incident with my husband that had landed me at the emergency department. Two weeks of living under a cloud. A cloud where I hadn't left my apartment in days (like

Source It was late afternoon, and the stars were setting. As the last one faded from view, the other extras scattered to their respective billets, changing to more comfortable clothes for the night's filming.

Source My name is John Stone. I'm a good looking guy and the women that had dated me all said that I was a great kisser. I live life to the fullest, drinking hard and living life to the fullest. I always

Source Step further into the museum. You take a deep breath, scanning the displays with dulled eyes. The museum is silent and you are the only visitor present, which has never happened before. You are

Source Itzachi was crouched down, peeking through the long tunnel of the hedge maze, carefully watching as the men in white lab coats carefully arranged their equipment in the center of the small courtyard

Source In the beginning, when we sang our songs and emblazoned our stories upon our skin, we were one people. The memory of the first family lingered in the flavor of the air, and we believed the sky above

Source "Climb higher," said a voice. The bull elk, one of the dominant males in the herd, approached. Displaying the proper amount of lower-calf submission, I climbed. Up I went, through branches

Source You look around and there's no one there. Your heart is filled with sorrow, and you run into the street, still screaming his name. You run several blocks, then begin to hear the hum of a large crowd.

Source Frank, the new contestant, had just finished his audition, with little success. Frank's performance had been OK, but not much more. He left the stage and with him the slightest hope of achieving

Source My demon form was bathed in the golden glow of the coming sunrise. I rose from the bed – it was too small for me, and my wings manifested. As my arms dropped my wings, the first rays of daylight

Source There were others aboard the ship, of course. Security, cleaning, cooking and cleaning services, scientists…even a few civilians. All of them served the station as a whole, not the engine as Gaster

Source It was a slow day for Dr. Gaster. He had spent the majority of it stationed at his post at the communications center, monitoring the long dead radio waves stretching across the vacuum of space.

Source "Those are ours" "Oh God! Shoot it down!" "Engaging hyperdrive...with the X14 in tow...." " . ..we are the proud parents of our two young children, our son, Zyler

Source Had I known how life would unfold during the last weekend of August, I would've tanned myself at the beach, jogged unnoticed through the wooded trails of the park, taken a solitary canoe ride, stood

Source The camp was silent as a soldier walked down the tree lined pathway to the main campfire. He walked with a confident stride. The confidence resided in his size, for he was vast. Translucent blue

Source My gut clenched as I filed into the school auditorium. I'd done a lot since starting of high school the week before. I'd been stuck going to sleep over at a girl named Mackenzie's house, as her

Source I wake up and all I can process is that there's a little fly on my eyelid. I brush it away, but it comes right back. It lands on my arm and I swipe at it. Now there are a few flies on my arm, and