His heart tapped a slow rhythm in his chest. The blackness behind his closed eyes seemed infinitely vast.

In his mind he reached out, flowing into that darkness. There was a painful tearing sensation, but he was prepared for that – he had made it this fa…

“So you see that there is a symmetry here, when we look at the dilation of time from each inertial frame of reference. You understand?”

The old man raked his fingers through white, unkept hair and smiled. I nodded, and shook his hand warmly in farewell. …

In this dream, like every dream he could remember, he flew alone through blue, cloudless skies. Skin bared to the comforting warmth of the mid-day sun, he wheeled low over lush tree tops. Their leaves, reaching hungrily for the sun, tickled his bare stoma…

The snapchat photos flew past. My friend Drew transformed from adorable young man to fierce woman one snap at a time. He posed with several dresses. I was thankful he didn't do the duckface.

How easy is it to transform yourself? In a matter of hours he w…

Of course it was illegal. Crash never made any plan that involved honesty, the rules, or fairness. He was out to win and he'd lie, cheat and break a hundred rules to get there.

So why was I tailing him at breakneck speeds, drifting corners, tires squeali…

I lay down for bed and turn out the lamp, but I still can't sleep. It's the light behind my eyes that keeps me awake. The room may be pitch black, I may cover my eyes, squeeze them shut as tight as I can. It doesn't matter. There's still that light behind…

Ms. Nolan, my English teacher, asked me to stay after class.

It'd been 30 days since David died.

She smirked, "What were you reading under your desk? I just have to know what book has captured your attention so fully." Some teachers would say that with…

Three weeks ago, my brother died. Three weeks ago, I stopped raising my hand in class. Three weeks ago, I became lost in the background where no one would look for me. Or so I thought.

Today, I got a pass in study hall.

I'd gotten at least one a wee…

Yindia collected people. She couldn't help it; she was a goddess. Her beauty and reverent nature inspired humans of all walks of life to fall into awe with her. People brought her gifts, offerings of anything from flowers and handmade jewelry to foods and…

Damion stands at the edge of the woods, just inside the treeline. His attention is focused on the house 35 yards away, the house that is surrounded by a teeming mass of the living dead. He hears screams from inside, cries for help from the poor souls trap…

I heard someone clear their throat immediately behind me. Looking over my shoulder as I grabbed a book out of the top of my locker I saw the long hair and striking blue eyes of a stranger. I only recognized her because she was friends with HER.

"It's rea…

The world waits for me

With greedy, eager hopes;

Prepared with oiled ropes

It waits with vile glee.

My time whiles away

It oozes from my grasp

The more I try to clasp

My chance, it scorns to stay.

My heart cleaves to friends

Who like me fine at first

But …

Woe, be gone

Don't linger on

Just try and find a wider home

There's lots of spots

That you could go

Just pick a spot and thither roam

If you could bother

Other jerks

I'd be much happier than now

So get thee hence

Vamoose, you berks

And loude sing: Badoom …

the sound is doomed

the air is doomed

my lungs full up with spores that plumed

the friends i loved

the loves I friend

depart for good my life doth end

when they are gone

I'm nothing left

no confidence i'm done, bereft

and in my absence

pain remains

I pain…

Happiness is.

Not a moment,

but collective feeling.

You can't pick it up,

unless it has a heartbeat.

You can't define it, because

it is ever-changing.

It's a feeling that comes when you close your eyes

and receive a kiss unexpectedly.

It is also a box wi…

Unapologetically together,

seeming like we're teeming with

something you'll never know.

Seeping with tingly feeling,

I am not ashamed.

Sometimes almost instinctually

jealous.

Green and calloused...

your face.

Are you sick?

You should be ashamed.

Others' h…

They considered me old-fashioned, I knew. Quaint. Nostaligic, even. But how could I ever feel safe knowing the only barrier between me and death was a manipulated quirk of physics?

It simply wasn't possible. So I did the slow, methodical rituals of armou…

Tenever felt the changes in reality's weave as the orc mage assembled her spell. The methods by which she tugged were strange, the power foreign-tasting and roundabout, and in another time he might have been interested in their function and construction.

…

I think that all my friends must be astronauts...

They sure do love their space.

Well, I’m failing at life.

I just cannot do right.

It’s a meaningless fight

I should never have tried–

I was never too bright;

Not as sharp as this knife.

It’s the end of my ride,

And it’s time to step off.

I was good for a laugh,

But my jokes have gone …

You know that words can hurt

Even more than a stick or a stone.

A pen destroys more than a sword

A doctor’s care I can’t afford

But there’s safety in staying alert;

Still more, in life alone.

I see where I went wrong;

I’m uncertain what I should have don…

A brittle, dessicated kind of life

That has been weakened outdoors in the sun

Near deafened by the cannon, drum, and fife;

A throat that’s silent, now the screaming’s done.

This is my life, my body, after you.

You pushed me to exceed my own ability.

My b…

My body’s health is better, while my mental health is worse

If that’s a joke, I don’t feel quite amused

It feels as if there’s just no way for me to lift this curse

No matter what I do, I’m still confused

Withdrawing, I’m withdrawing from the ways I hurt…

Is there someone who can teach me

How to make and keep a friend?

For it feels as though my every start

Too quickly meets its end.

My head tells me it’s all my fault:

All my ways just seem so strange.

I’m too quick to love kind people;

My age falls outsid…

I never learned to love myself.

I know not how it’s done.

I am so weak in will and mind.

I seek, but cannot seem to find

Something to love–not one.

Or, rather, all the little things

That I can do half-well

Are insignificant, compared

To all my flaws and …