The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 12)
\>You know, this is kinda peaceful \>The sun is just starting to rise and come up over the bluffs \>There’s a type of dawn-stasis that’s got the whole world in a still, like a photograph, or a frame out of a movie \>That’s what this feels like ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 16)
\>You sit up to the sound of a car horn blaring \>Jenna Orthorn is pulled up, her van blocking the bike lane \>You hear hear her car door slam shut, the sound concerned footsteps approaching \>”What the hell are you guys doing on the side of the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 5)
\>You are Sam \>And from the single window of your room, you watch the leaves of fall drop into the breeze, one by one, like little parachutes of autumn \>Your hips, butt, back and arms sting and are peppered with welts \>You tug your hoodie up...
Yggdrasil Burns - Chapter 1: Descent
[b]Chapter 1 – Descent[/b] [i]\*A fox on the verge of heat. A wolf who never had to hunt—because fate delivered prey to his doorstep. One night walk turns into a spiral downward. Not into danger. Into instinct.\*[/i] It was nearly midnight when the...
Stillness in the Storm - Epilogue
**Epilogue** The cabin creaked softly as the wind pushed against the outer walls, the only sound in a room otherwise suffocatingly still. Books lined the shelves, most of them well-worn, others untouched for years. A mug of tea sat cold on the table...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 12)
\>When at last you pull back from each other (you still shaking; hot air and steam dumping from your mouth), there's silence \>Sam quickly pivots her body to face away from you, but you can see the unbridled joy played out across her face \>Her ears...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 25)
\>You roll into the small parking lot of the church \>Ah yes, you've been here before, mainly with Mike and Alex to 'hunt ghosts' when you were younger \>You never found any ghosts but you did burn a couple thousand calories on the bike ride up the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 17)
\>"At least the garlic makes sense." \>Mike folds his arms across his chest \>It was a little after 4 in the afternoon \>You're all back at the church now, except for Mike, who is watching from the front doors, which you've propped open with a...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 4)
\>"Unwanted." \>The words fall from your father's lips like they were 20 tons apiece \>His face is stern and hard; carved out of granite and limestone, weathered by whiskey \>"And that's all she'll ever be. A burden. Hold her arm out," he...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 19)
\>It was a dark and stormy night — except it was day time, around noon, and though the skies were the color of wet concrete, the narrator was full of shit and it was not raining \>And you are Mike Sapone \>Mike Sapone, an angry manlet turned...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 3)
\>You are Anonymous \>And there's a trillion things you pretend not to notice, as you buckle your seatbelt \>You pretend not to notice how wet from the shower everyone still is as they pile into your car \>You pretend not to notice all the doe-eyes...
Inherited Tastes: Chapter 2
Margaret Kowalski had lived in the trailer park for eleven years, and she was leaving the same way she'd arrived — angry, hauling boxes, and blaming everyone else for her problems. Larry stood in the doorway of her double-wide, clipboard tucked under...