L.I.M.B.O
How many years had the same cries been heard? The demands for accountability in government, and the cynical distaste for the political elites; they didn't know what it was like to be poor, cold and starving. If only the average man was given the power...
Ms. Celestial!
There are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. This nugget of almost prophetic wisdom had long made its rounds through the cultural, and personal, consciousness of every would-be intellectual looking to hear themselves speak. Ambiguity,...
Drop the Beat
Music. It pulsed through the air with a jungle beat that enticed the senses and demanded surrender by the multitude of bodies packed on the dance floor. Heavy pumping bass shook the very breath in the dancers' lungs and in the euphoria of the...
A League of Her Own
There were sports for every type of fan. Some favoured the chill of a hockey arena, some the rugged turf of a football field, while others preferred the sun-lanced warmth of a baseball stadium. Today a different type of fan had gathered, the young,...
Abasement
The storms in Gulliver Reef were things of legend. Great and terrible, they were said by the natives of the island to be the products of the Gods themselves; The rainy season was the time that the Gods would fight to decide who would rule the heavens...
The Camp Out
There was only so much one could say about a day so long in the making. The sun didn't shine any brighter than it normally did on a June afternoon, but it seemed to. The air was no cleaner, nor smelled any sweeter than it did any other, but it seemed...
Willow Falls (Part 2)
"I can't get a signal" "Keep trying!" The two male deer pushed through the dawn-lit foliage frantically. The birds had only just begun to sing in the trees, the eaves hanging heavily with dew, and both of the young cervines looked as though they...
The League: The Bridge Pt. 1
_There comes a time when you must ask yourself what your priorities are. Are you a worker? A lover? A player? Or are you something more? Are you something intangible yet oddly familiar? A beacon to others only because you know who you are and the...
The Tangerine Dream
_"Welcome to Aztec 6, citizen! Delight in the wonders of the new age while basking in the comfortable familiarity of the old. Here, housed in a shell of spinning steel we have crafted a home away from home for those seeking to experience the treasures...
Scuba Sisters
Mickayla's time in the Spears had prepared her for many things. She was prepared for the intense chill that run up her spine as the simulator integrated with her spinal nerves. She was prepared for the rush of warm water which washed over her face, as...
Tug Of War
"WE STAND READY!" The eight voices rose as one in the growing dawn light which filtered smoothly over the lip of the Great Chasm. Thin trickles of light pierced through the dusk-like dimness which filled the upper reaches of the yawning rift. The...
Willow Falls (part 1)
He could see her lips moving, but the mosquito which had been buzzing in Nyle's ear for the last half hour kept him from hearing her. He could guess what she was saying, however, and as the young buck slapped at the side of his own head he shrugged. ...