In Your Element
You open your eyes. The sight that greets you is foreign, and you look around, an uneasy confusion gripping you. You find yourself unable to recall how you ended up where you currently are, and are completely unfamiliar with your surroundings. Before...
Roommates
Ted wandered through the hallway of his new dorm building, searching for his home for the upcoming semester. Dusk was fast approaching, and he was exhausted. His train of the trip back to university had been delayed for hours, and he was looking...
The Tenth Floor - AV Story
The alarm blared, and Nate jumped in his seat. Lights were flashing at the little red alarm panels scattered around his office, and people were stopping in place to look around in confusion. Nate lifted his hands from the keyboard, pushing his chair...
Shipwrecked
A sudden jolt startled Clint awake. He sat upright in cot, rubbing his eyes in the darkness and taking a few minutes to register the muffled screams from outside his ship's quarters. Another jolt shuddered around him, the sound of splintering wood...
The Nightclub
Eric sat motionless in his car, his nerves getting the better of him as the soft pounding of the distant bass music rattled his windshield. He picked his head up, staring at the entrance to the infamous nightclub as people came and went. The neon signs...
Jhai's Hunger
Jhai roamed the deserted city streets, looking for some fun. The night was young, and shops and clubs around him were already closing their doors. He sighed in disappointment as he walked on, hoping fate would throw some good fortune his way. Jhai was...
A Seaside Stroll
Cal yawned as he shifted his car into park. He turned and pulled his keys out of the ignition while leaning back, listening to the muffled sound of waves hitting shore though his car doors for a few moments before pulling the handle and letting the...
The Hitchhiker
Coby yawned behind the wheel. The windshield wipers clearing the view in front of him for a few seconds at a time before the pattering rain obscured his sight again. He had been unable to find any functioning radio station for the past several hours of...
The Experiment
Dien, Jory, and Aras stepped into the white building, drawn in by the offer posted on the window. $1,000 cash for all those willing to partake in an experiment. Dien was a 19 year old human, his friends Jory (a 22 year old brown dragon) and Aras (a 20...
The Living Wilds
Ben walked along the displays at the museum, sighing a bit to himself as he looked into the huge tanks filled with a wide variety of rare wildlife. Recent discoveries had led to the capture of countless new species that had never come into contact with...
Last Resorts
Ryan fell to the ground, snow coating most of his body. He looked up and could only see that massive blizzard he had gotten lost in. Ryan was 23, and had taken a liking to long hikes and climbing mountains. He had gone through his life always looking...
The Personal Ad
Rory held onto the pole of the subway car as it rattled along the dark tracks. He exhaled, the sound lost among the bustling noise around him. The large crowd of people around him was making him uncomfortable, especially considering where he was...