Thanatophobia
You awake in a panic-fueled rush as the alarm clock blares loudly by your nightstand. Rubbing your eyes, you feel a heavy weight settle in your stomach as you take in the time: 9 AM. The girls are going to be late for school. You quickly throw off the...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 8
The car is filled with nonstop chatter and noise, though it isn't much different from earlier this morning. You initially panicked as not just one, but several of your daughters came to poke and shake you awake out of sheer excitement for today. You...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 5
You feel your eyes open, though all you can see is pitch black darkness. You try to shift your arms and legs, though your movements feel restrained. You try to scream out as the cold realization of where you are strikes you, but even your shrieks were...
Dying Hope (1202 words)
Orange. This was the first thing you saw through your eyelids as you were roused from slumber. Slowly cracking your eyes open, you see the glow of the morning sun peeking in past the curtains to your and your husband's bedroom, gently casting off the...
Necromouser: Un-Dead of Winter (Epilogue)
You feel numb. You struggle to keep your eyes open as gusts of icy wind batter your freezing body, peppering more and more of the once warm cloth with specks of snow. You bring the ax down with a satisfying crack, splitting the log in two and leaving...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 6
To say you feel sick would be downplaying how you feel. Like a wrench cracking your skull, it all comes in an instant: All of the heat leaving your body cold and stiff, a disorienting snap of pain that begins to root and fester in your head, and a...
Altruistic Intent - Ch. 7
A tired, sluggish mix of a groan and grumble escapes your lips as the early signs of light bleeding through the curtain greets your eyes. With a quick check at the alarm beside you, you mumble quietly and try to bring your hand to wipe at your eyes,...