August Rode

I keep only one mirror in the house and I'm not entirely sure why. I should have destroyed it when I…

Being held was a new experience for Ares and he didn't like it much. At some deep level, he understo…

Superficially, the last evening we were together had started out well but I sensed something of a di…

I knew what the endgame amounted to. What I didn't know was precisely when the endgame was going to …

He could feel her tenuous caress across his skin, cool and teasing. He turned slowly but never saw h…

He gently shook his canteen and judged that the water might last until perhaps sundown. If he didn't…

As the finely honed edge of his opponent's weapon sliced the air where his head had been a mere frac…

He absolutely hated this job. No matter how loud he turned his music up, the sound of metal on meta…

Social situations were fraught with problems that invariably led to people getting hurt and so Bob w…

He hefted the axe, testing its balance. The razor sharp edges of the bronze blades glittered in the …

He squirmed and screamed but he wasn't going anywhere. My left arm was securely locked around his up…

Today, I was hit with a ton of bricks. Killed me outright... stone dead.

I never even saw it coming…

I watched you burn.

I watched as your multi-hued plumage singed and reduced to grey, dead ash.

I w…

I stand on the gently rocking deck, facing the east. The clear sky is still dark but beginning to br…