“How is this possible?” Marcela asked, her hand gripping the bare skin of the opposite shoulder and rubbing for warmth.

Here inside the house, it wasn't just cold, it was freezing. Every piece of furniture gleamed as sunlight from the open door ricochete…

The alley wasn't completely dark behind the Chinese Restaurant where a brick wall faced me. Rudy.

I began the translation program.

"Hello, Rudy."

"Bonsoir, Elsha"

"Please let me in. S'il vous plaît laissez-moi entrer."

"Mot de passe?"

"I don't have a pa…

Hard Drive jumped in the backseat and positioned Acrylic in a wrap hold. "Okay, wake him."

I kicked him in the heel again and after a whine and a moan, his eyes fluttered open and he began to squirm.

"Gerroff me!"

"Acrylic. Look at me!" I got right in his…

Kathy von Carey

Hung on the lamppost

Bucking and swaying

Then slipping again

.

Leaping to snatch it

She grasped the loose wires

Bucking and swaying

Collapsing in pain

.

Children be cautious

In all of your playtime

There’s fun, but there’s danger

So mind h…

Her laughter broke the silence.

Ed knew, at the sound, what had been lost; what could never be recovered. The wait was over, and now the fight, or the flight, would begin. He cursed the urge he had yielded to: a hunger for light. A spark of knowledge: her…

'Unusual' is a word often used to describe Tamori Taka.

Wearing a kimono of green and gold, befitting a Dragon Shugenja, she would stick out in a crowd of peasants, but what makes her stand out among Samurai starts higher up.

Uncommon enough to see such…

Malika barked a derisive laugh. "If by 'grounded' you mean, did it feel more real than the lesser deathless we cut down? Then yes. Yes, it did." She reached up and pointedly rubbed at her shoulder again, even though the ache was barely there. "I don't kno…

To meet our unmet expectations

We will scrape off our old perceptions

to grow shiny new understanding

and expose our ideas to the elemental truths

.

Until they are weathered

and weary

and ready

for the new generation

“What do you see?” the doctor said.

“It’s dark.”

The girl sat in the corner of the room, knees pulled up to her chin. She rocked slowly back and forth.

“What’s dark?”

The girl shook her head, one hand scratching at the side of her face until it drew…

God how she hated the burden on her limbs

That muddied her air and scratched at her skin

She resented the effort it took to get up

And believed that intensity proved her weak (and f@%ed up)

+

But she told me this morning that now things have changed

Her …

I'm going to use this account for 'choose your own adventure' ventures; I think that it will be an effective way to do such things.

I may have some that I at least intend as my own story, and some that I will welcome others' collaboration willy nilly, fo…

https://youtu.be/onXHGZtAT4g

Like, there I was, see? And the gal was like hey babe, come up to the space station with me, nyet? And I was loose, I was groovin for the nice time like any of youse would be, you know?

So I'm up the ladder, sneaking a peek c…

The heat was unbearable now, hotter than it had ever been in the planets entire history. At least the pretences were over, there was no one denying it anymore everyone had finally accepted humanity would be dead within hours. I was glad I had said goodbye…

I'm feeling better today, I'm not logged in at that other blogging site that causes me all my joy and woe. I think maybe I'm feeling stronger today. I would ideally tell these people off and tell them to get lost or to stop squicking me out, but maybe I'l…

Don't tell me "just stay strong!"

You're not getting the message.

If I were strong, this would not be a message. I am NOT strong. I'm near collapse. I can't stay strong if I am not strong to begin with.

I think I'll just stay weak until I drop off the wo…

My face must have said more than my silence because she added quickly, “It's not a church or anything crazy like that. I might be a little old fashioned but I know right from right. It's more of a social. We meet at the Autumn Garden Theatre. You know the…

When we met, I found out your name was Xavier. And I was ecstatic. I've always loved that name. It's cool and it has an X in it which is even more awesome. This must've been the start of me deluding myself to your true persona. Which I'm so sorry for.

Th…

Story is marked as mature

Trinity Keane tallied up her advantages. There were few of them, given that she was being chased by the police, but she noticed one - they don't know about my eye. That meant the fog wouldn't work on her.

She veered expertly, avoiding obstacles marked i…

a slurry jet of words, propelled by fear

of you, and what you'll think of me, erupts

from deep within my mind. step back, stand clear!

do not get splashed; this vitriol corrupts,

.

as i can witness. wildly i o'erflow!

acidic sentiments cannot be trapt

wit…

I coast along without a plan into the foyer where the little rags grow

Into the Toyota's lobby of the small pliant crinkles who gather like dust mites on holiday

.

Past the spoons

With a prescribed purpose I found in the drawer of chests.

Can the healing …

Veron Gerrick scrolled through the palace alerts looking for anything that demanded his personal attention. Much of his staff had been inherited from his mother and their loyalty had transferred to him when he had assumed the position of High Lord. They w…

She's incredible, he thought, she's amazing, self-sacrificing, an incredibly kind person.

He's wonderful, she thought, he's so funny, carefree, a really great guy.

"Hey, it's been a while," he said, "How are you?"

"Pretty good," she said, "and …

Captain's log, ship's day 8483

Our number is 88 now. Lisa gave birth this morning.

Backyard Bob got the power back on and I have made the decision to switch on the receiver. It is a considerable expenditure of power, but with much of the ship missing th…

I hadn't heard from you in several days, my dear close friend. Sunday when I thought of you I was suddenly sure that I would hear from you later that day, and that you had decided that it was best to stop all contact with me, that you could not feel any m…