A World Apart - Chapter 1
"Matthias!" My round ears perk up and swivel towards my name being called, followed by my head so I can see who it is. Even while I look, I finish scanning the last couple of knick-knacks for my current customer.What I see makes my ears go back down...
Just Breathe - Chapter 1
Being Dead is Dirty Work The afterlife is a bit warmer than I thought. I imagined it would be someplace a bit brighter too. All I see is blackness all around me. How droll. And isn't there supposed to be no pain? I ache all over. Man, if only Paul...
Just Breathe - Chapter 5
Return to Form It is a very informative winter. Even just that night, with the maned wolf curled up at my side and the genet sitting across the fire from us, so many of my questions have found answers. The horrid truth of it is, though, that they...
Just Breathe - Chapter 4
A Real Eye-Opener I've always been the adaptable sort. From early on, even in primary school, I've been able to roll with the changes to my surroundings, whether it be new faces or new places or new experiences. This ability was uniquely useful for...
Just Breathe - Introduction
Dying Breath Inhale. God above, the pain is unbearable. Exhale. The relief is slight and I cringe despite myself. My broken body doesn't want to listen to me anymore. It's so hard to breathe. Inhale, cough up blood. Exhale, hear the rattle of...
Just Breathe - Chapter 2
Surprise Education I lean heavily on my staff, gazing over the settlement lying sprawled out below me with a resentment that I didn't really know I felt until this past month. All I'd known in my life was the colonies, never having ventured out...
Just Breathe - Chapter 3
Difference in Perspective My chest is burning with the exertion of walking. I don't think I've had this much exercise in the previous two years of my life. I have my pack and quiver on my back, the bow unstrung and fit into the leather case with...
Hive Mind
A sleek head raised up from the underbrush to the far off harmony of cracking branches; the noise reaching the slim creature's auditroy senses as it turned it's eyeless head towards the origin of the disturbance. A guttural rumble escaped the...
A World Apart - Prologue
There has always been something about this time of year that has bothered me. I have never been able to put a finger on exactly what it is that makes me so upset with it, though I know a few of the contributing factors. Something does not add up. I...
What Makes A Hero - Chapter 1
Where the Heroes Tread - Remi Growing up in a world of Superheroes and Supervillains should have prepared me better for just about anything. At least, that's what my best friend's grandma always tells me. Really though, how are people flying around...
Snow
I hate moving. I don't like leaving behind people that I've only just gotten a chance to get to know; friends that I've just made. I should be used to uprooting at a moment's notice by this point, but it's not natural for me, not even in the slightest....
The Double Life - Chapter 3
The Road From Hell It's going to take more than the mediocre beer and a few smokes to calm myself down from that horror. As soon as I can move my own arms again instead of whatever fake thing I was appearing as in that weird as hell hole in my...