Keep it Up
"Good, keep it up." _Shut up._ Kevin was tired of hearing that passive-aggressive bullshit, the manager's way of saying 'you used to suck, now you don't suck, keep not sucking.' Never mind he already worked the press faster than suggested for...
Dick Rocks
"I'm telling you, we were there before." "When?" Inquired Mel, almost belligerently. "I don't know... before." Terry seated himself between the two bickering men, handing each a cup of steaming coffee before sipping gingerly at his own....
Court Date
"Don't you think they were too kind?" "Kind?" Bertrand replied incredulously. "You call banishment 'kind'?" "For the crime? Yes." Answered Jerica plainly as they strolled the great hall of the courts, all around them noblemen, soldiers and...
Burn
"Go away." "No." What a pain in the ass. I hoped vainly that I'd never see him again, but of course I knew otherwise. I'd only be rid of him when he was dead and buried, and even then... "_Go away_." "Not doing." Good lord, man, I will hurt you....
Any Day Now
"No..." Breathed Blondie as he knelt by his companion's side, looking down at the man who was all too still. "No, no no, don't do this!" Blistered hands reached out to slap weakly at dying man's face, framed by that raven hair that had grown tangled...
What We Always Dreamed Of
"You're late." "I know." I replied plainly, seating myself across from him at the little, steel-wire table. It was all very cliché; the cafe, the large, bald man in a suit, reclined comfortably, the smoldering cigar between his thick fingers. For a...
Fast Food
A scurrying, the rustle of carapace against stone, a hand darting out in the darkness. Fingers closed upon nothing as that sound faded away in the distance, leaving that infernal silence again. Never quick enough, not as of late. A voice, cracked,...
Comforting Reflections
Comforting Reflections "Excuse me," murmured the young woman to the old terrier across counter, speaking softly so that he nearly had to lean across the glass to hear her. "How much for that mirror over there?" It had caught her eye as she browsed...
Eyes like the Forest (10)
The sharp crack of splitting wood filled the yard, again and again, as Merrin worked through the small pile she had gathered. She mused to herself that it seemed odd how cutting wood sometimes sounded the same as burning it, but then came to the...
Eyes like the Forest (9)
Fate had other plans as the morrow brought with it grave news from the east. Gray had stopped in town one last time before heading to the northern woods to purchase food. He didn't know how long he'd be out there, and wanted to make sure he was...