Ravaged
"Anna, have you seen my purse?" My mother called from her bedroom. I could hear her heels clacking on the hardwood floor as she moved back and forth, packing a bag with clothes and notebooks. She had mentioned going on a business trip several weeks...
The Kingdom
"I'm finished!" Katrina cheered, setting her fork and spoon down into her clean plate. "Can we have story time now?" Looking at the clock, Juliet could see that it was only seven thirty. All three of them had sat down for dinner at seven o' clock,...
Popped
After doing my own research, I found out what the couple had been doing on the computer. My dad had been watching porn. I figured that out. I also discovered more videos. It wasn't hard to do, and as I ventured through several different sites, I...
The Palace
Walking into her daughter's room, Juliet could see that her daughter was neatly tucked under her purple comforter, holding her favorite baby doll named Susie. "Susie wants to hear the bedtime story too!" Katrina cheered, holding up the little doll...
Public Spaces
It had been a long day, a very long day actually, and as Sarah gripped the steering wheel of her dodge charger, she glanced in the mirror, checking to make sure her eye makeup had not started to run. Within a glance, she could see that her make-up was...
Mother May I?
As the sound of a blaring alarm filled the room, Adam reached out from under his covers, and he smacked the small box, turning the annoying sound off. Looking over at the clock, he almost groaned at the time. It was seven in the morning, and although...
Clear Skies
As he helped the other men unload the helicopter, Nate knew he was lucky that the scent of his musk and sweat masked the stench of blood coming from his arm. In his mind, he kept imagining that his arm would smell like rotten meat because of the...
Possibilities
Sophie stood, frozen in front of the young boy. The machine in her paw indicated that he was infected, but he was not showing any signs of aggression or change. The only thing different about him were his eyes-- sharp gold mixed with blood spots in the...
Infection
"Eyes forward Stripes." Nate looked over to see one of his best friends standing beside him, David. David was a good man, but the rough times had shortened the fuse for his temper quite a bit. Of course, David still loved to joke around, because he...
Lust and a Feather Duster
"When can you start?" It was a simple question, and Jenny looked up from her lap to meet Lexi's hard gaze. Lexi, the calico cat, had the brightest green eyes that jenny had ever seen. They reminded her of Granny Smith Apples; the ones that usually...
Gray Skies
It was almost noon when she heard the front door creak open and the sound of heavy boots echoed through the hallway and drifted into the kitchen. Her husband, Nate, was beating the snow off of his boots at the front door, and Sophie continued dipping...
When Parents Go On Vacation
It was May when it all started. School had just ended a week before, and my parents had already made plans to leave on a vacation of their own. Since my brother and I were older now, they didn't like spending as much time with us as they did when we...