Robert Quick

Yellow flakes spiraled down from above to settle on the city like the ash of some great holocaust. T…

The city seemed endless when it was empty. Half of it, maybe more, was filled with unused treasures …

Our only warning was the earth crying out in a great grinding noise that swallowed all other sounds,…

Ethan walked away from the makeshift camp of encircled cars, leaving the forty or so people relying …

Walking by the general store, Juana Sanchez caught sight of her reflection in a barrel of rain water…

Gone was the demure scion of the Burns house that I had known. In her place stood a crazed woman, na…

There is a dark stain on my family that has been passed down through at least ten generations. It se…

“Not quite evil mother-in-law material but not fun either, I imagine.” I switched back to a happier …

It's all bullshit. My grandmother isn't the Captain of a lost starship. She wasn't cursed to forever…

“Is this a day time or a night time thing?” I asked.

“Nights exclusively which is why I can go. Ral…

Alone in a vast desert, atop a nameless stone tower, a single hooded figure watched the sky. Deep wi…

When the knock that everyone dreads came, it sounded hard and insistent against the frail wood of ou…

Sitting on a toilet in a strange bathroom, I stared at the drain in the floor in front of me. Behind…

My face must have said more than my silence because she added quickly, “It's not a church or anythin…

“Sure is coming down real hard.” Teeny returned the pot to the burner. “Glad I'm inside even if I am…