My Hellfire
"I've seen Hell enough to know that it's a state of mind. "Hell is that place you go when you're way past sad or scared or worried or insecure. Hell is that place you go when it's about time for a professional to start applying terms to your...
Imagine it
Imagine it: a slow motion wide shot of a space ship crash landing into the surface of the earth. The carnage and devastation all plays out at such sluggish speed and in such great detail that you can follow every piece of rubble and every fleeing...
Dawn - 3
**Date: CT2-5876/01/02** The food is good - extremely good, actually - but as I eat I can't shake the feeling that something is off. Despite only ordering dishes I'm familiar with, I have the distinct impression that it's all merely a copy of...
Tail - Chapter 24
It's Marty. Instinct kicks in and I slam the door in his face, but he manages to jam a shoe in the gap before it fully closes. He pushes hard with both paws and I'm caught off guard. I stumble back. He steps inside. He's not in a good way. His hair's...
Ribbon - Chapter 4
**Memory 6** I moved away from Simone and the others. Not without a word, I'm not that cold, not anymore. I called Simone, said I was sorry, said I'd pay my part for the next month, said I was going through some shit and needed to restructure...
Razed - Chapter 13
"_The truth will haunt you_ _But set you free"_ **Let's Eat Grandma,** ' **Two Ribbons'** It fails to come with any haste. There's a churning in me that doesn't sit well, a sort of restless sickness that makes me want to retch. Why the fuck...
Razed - Chapter 10
"_Feeling the past moving in_ _Letting a new day begin_ _Hold to the time that you know_ _You don't have to move on to let go"_ **deadmau5 & Kaskade,** ' **I Remember'** "You sure you don't wanna come out with us Saph?" "I'm sure. Honestly,...
Ribbon - Chapter 3
**Memory 5** In the end I scraped a passing grade. Bluebird changed her name. Her legal name, I mean. She was Sophie now, though I couldn't help but think of her as Blue. God, that day I met her after my exams I... It seems selfish to even say...
Dusk - 4
**Date: CT2-5875/11/16** Paloma wanted to see the Mind - of course she did - and - of course - I let her. Her fingers flitted over its cold, flat surface with such care that she wouldn't have harmed the wings of a butterfly. She inhaled as...
Dusk - 2
**Date: CT2-5875/11/14** I cried all the next day, I soaked myself in grief. I told Zachary that I needed space and - with my assurance that this was most definitely what I wanted - he respected my wishes and left. Once he was gone, I didn't...
It's All Because of You
I'm not the person I thought I'd be, nor am I the person I hoped I'd be, but that's okay. Living seems to have that effect on people. What I can say for certain is that I am me, and I am here amid my ramshackle life, my eked out existence, my...
Ten Minutes
I open his bedroom door slowly and quietly in attempt to avoid waking him. Halfway through the motion I see the inside of his room and I stutter, door handle locked in my grip and unmoving. Then I push it away from me forcefully, as though it were...