Filet Mignon
* * * Writing prompt this week is: You consider yourself an artist. Unappreciated and misunderstood. You'll present them with your finest masterpiece yet. The big slab of meat was gently laid on the plastic table. The fat was trimmed away...
Wings of the Warrior: 3
Strange dreams of great star battles plagued his mind. Things he should not have known but they were all in vain as his morning alarm woke him. Groggy, he tried to sit up. Something didn't feel right so he decided to roll to the side to check. Sure...
Wings of the Warrior: 2
The nap was only partially refreshing but at least he knew better what he needed to do. First thing was first, he needed to text his boss, then his parents. His parents had some explaining to do. Sam: just got out of the hospital. I have some bad...
Lonely - part 1
Mychael was a lonely man. He was average height, plain looking, and was socially awkward. Everything about the man was either average or below average. Everything, that is, except his job. He was a very well paid man. Unfortunately money can't buy you...
Wings of the Warrior: 13
Sam hugged Lillyanne. She had been a great teacher for the past four years but Sam needed to leave. "Lilly. I don't want to go. I'm going to miss you guys. Life up here was great and you were so good to me. I love you guys! You're my family!" ...
Wings of the Warrior: 12
After flying northeast for two days, he stopped at a spring to eat the last of the deer he had caught the day before. It was already well past sundown so he figured crashing out for a few hours would be fine. It was cold enough out that most animals,...
Wings of the Warrior: 11
Raiding an abandoned car on the side of the road wasn't one of his proudest moments but he really needed a map. Sam had headed south from Yellowstone for a day after sleeping in the mountains and wound up in Albuquerque. Not where he wanted to be but...
Wings of the Warrior: 10
Really it was the suicide rate that bothered him. Life was so different off earth that 3 in 20 children of aliens offed themselves for some reason. That was terrible! Sam would rather be on the run from them for years than deal with that kind of...
Wings of the Warrior: 9
Sam felt hazy as he started coming back to consciousness. They must have given him some potent drugs if he felt this doped up. It was starting to clear up though and a few aches and pains were making themselves known. He opened his eyes and noticed...
Wings of the Warrior: 8
Flying was freeing. Similar to the feelings you had growing up of getting a bicycle, your first car, your first place away from home. All moments of freedom. Flying put all of those to shame. The rough terrain of the mountains flew by faster than most...
Limbo
It was a dreary day. Hot and humid, it was miserable to be outside. Everyone outside was in shorts and light shirts. Tourists had wide brimmed hats on for the sun and nearly everyone had on sunglasses. It was just another August day in New York City....
The pet
"Come along, Jackie! We need to get going! The symposium waits for no one!" A short cloaked individual was hurrying along the path from the large mansion to the waiting sports car. It was winter, and everyone around was wearing heavy snow-ready...