Track & Field: Part 26 - Live Forever
Lee It's odd to know you'll never see someone again, especially someone who'd had enough life and vigor for a handful of people, who you never thought would go out in such a gruesome way. I'd known Devrol Hull since I was eight. Uncle Arthur had...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 7 - "Blood Ties"
7 Up north it was cold, but Canada was always cold to a degree. Still, Ben and his younger brother Jerry hadn't adapted to the climate yet. Their impromptu flight from the USA (or their _reassignment,_ as their boss had put it) was only three weeks...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 6 - "Waves"
6 Kizzi squatted in a tidal pool and watched as her little brother, driftwood stick in hand, poked a crab he'd knocked upside down. The crustacean, about the size of a dinner plate and bright red, clacked and spewed bubbles as Mickey prodded its...
Lifted Higher: Chapter 1 - "Lips? Of an Angel"
1 "I can't believe I let you talk me into this, Paul." The Airedale terrier just stares through the gym's glass windows and shrugs. He grins at me, and his cute little ears flop as he brushes aside his bangs. Those blue eyes are positively glowing...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 11 - "Open Eyes"
11 Carson awoke at seven o'clock, which wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Thanks to his father, the young German shepherd had been getting up early since he was a pup--if he hadn't he would've missed Raymond before he left for work. Carson loved...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 10 - "Burdens"
10 Rhykard stood stock-still with his eyes closed tight, the training grounds all around him empty...as far as he could tell. It was simply a large glade in the heart of Sentinel Hall, a round swatch of coarse grass and dirt as big as a baseball field...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 9 - "Communing"
9 His chambers were dark when Dante opened his glowing, emerald eyes, blinking away the residual energy dotting his vision and letting out a calm breath. It was done. Being a cat, he could see fine through the shadows, Seth's still form laid across...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 8 - "Beats in the Darkness"
8 Sensations...there were none. No hot, no cold; no sound or light or sight. Feeling? He'd forgotten what that was, forgotten how to do it. He didn't know where he was. He didn't know _what_ he was, not anymore. Who? He could recall. He had a name; he...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 12 - "Memory"
12 _One week prior..._ Detective Brady Falken, his only assignment completed for the day, pulled his unmarked cruiser into the spot beside his truck at the Bellemont Police Department and parked. He switched off the car and looked at the radio for...
GESTALT/Reality
1 Aiden My jaw and paws are clenched. I watch as Luther maneuvers his titanic mecha, Bastille, around the epicenter: a swirling, primordial pit of purple light that connects our world to an alternate. We, to all purposes, consider that place Hell....
Track and Field: Part 18 - Black Magic Woman
Lee My arm hurts. It always hurts. The pain's like an itch--like the kind you get in your throat. You can't really do anything to be rid of it. It's always just there. The pain in my heart's the same way. "Come on, son," Uncle Arthur sighed as he...
Track and Field: Part 17 - Dust In The Wind
Red Once upon a time I believed the world was beautiful and kind. Once upon a time I believed that I could have my cake and eat it too. I thought that--no matter who I was--I'd be dealt a fair hand, and even after the tragedies that my family and I...