Mekid Chapter 12

"Uh...Uh...Uh...Uh..." Walter's eyes were hard and locked, his chin to his chest as he gazed down his own body. The still night air outside his open window gave the barest hint of the insects in the distant woods and the farmers fields. The wet...

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Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 11

Patera shifted softly in the hospital bed. Why did she have to get like this to enjoy a real mattress? The nurse had pulled the covers up to her neck the way she liked, otherwise she had to use her teeth. It wasn't the first time she'd lamented her...

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Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 10

"Welcome back!" The kids set their bags down just inside the back door and turned to see Vanessa standing there, a crutch under one arm as she looked out at the lawn behind them smoking one of her chocolate cigars. Ceci and Sylvia rushed her and...

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Mekid Chapter 9

Catrina threw her head back, eyes squinted shut as she huffed and heaved. The hike...what the hell was that. She'd always been raised to think her humanity was some kind of superior design. Her legs felt like they were going to fall off, and her arms...

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I watched the sunset fall behind the skyline of the city. It was all I could do to keep a lump out of my throat as I shut the door and threw the bolt. I was going against my boss's wishes, and I knew it, there was no going back. Behind me I can hear...

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Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 8 from Patreon

Cecilia smiled in the morning light. It was the second time she'd woken up in this bed in less than 24 hours, and it was much better than the previous. She'd spent the whole night with her sister, laying in bed talking, laughing like the old days when...

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Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 7 from Patreon

Vannessa was ashamed. Not of what she'd done. That she could justify. Her baby needed her and she had the power to act. She wasn't ashamed of using these young men and girl, and their adopted father. The pack ran with her obediently because of what...

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Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 6 from Patreon

Seven very distraught and brooding not-teens sat around the back yard as twilight settled in. Save for Catrina the couples we paired off in little groups around the fire pit that kept low and out of sight, just like the topic of conversation. "I can't...

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Mekid Chapter 3

Thump...Thump...Thump-thump-thump.... Soft eyes opened, coming to focus on the ceiling...sleepy, then curious. Finally they hardened and the little mousy face scowled and she rolled her eyes sitting up in bed. "Damn it mom..." The girl reached for...

Mekid Chapter 2

"_So...." I rubbed the back of my own hand looking at the sidewalk, "where are you all headed now?" I looked up to see the kids looked absolutely unsure. The husband and wife looked crestfallen._ "_We're going to grab a hotel if we can." The man said,...

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Mekid Chapter 1

_Welcome back, the world didn't end._ _That's what they told us that weren't rich enough to be frozen as children; growing up into adults to keep us working, complacent, and calm. After the famines, the wars, the collapse of most technological...

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Mekid Chapter 5

The soft hiss of the shower drowned out the rest of the house as the two bodies stood in silence. Walter was a good deal taller than Tyzer, but head bowed in the spray he'd never looked smaller. The young man leaned against the wall with both hands....