A Child's Fears
Mother, there's a monster hiding underneath my bed: The tentacles snake up to try and grab my head. Claws with nasty edges scratch across the wooden floor - The grating sound signifies his intent to gore How can I sleep knowing I might not make it...
Letting His Hair Down
Two dog tags dangled on a shoelace, clacking together as their owner walked back and forth. When the wearer paused to look at a third dog tag resting on a bedside table, the jangling ceased, metal settling on a swell of white furred pectorals....
Instant Message
?Zev threw his backpack into the corner, the empty sack landing on the carpeted floor with a dull thup. School always syphoned the energy from the fox, but he knew that at the end of a long day he could come home to his computer and relax. He cracked...
Wholesale
Word around town depicted the owner of the wholesale pharmacy as an eccentric. The man who ran the place operated alone, doing everything from stocking the shelves to serving the customers by himself. When asked if he wanted some employees, he would...
Change his Mind - part 3
"Give me another rep, faggot," Brutus growls in my ears. His hands wrap around the bar, but he refuses to pull, forcing me to shake and quiver as I try and push the weights up so that I can rack them. I'm not going to make it and I know I won't, Brutus...
Change his Mind - part 2
October rolls in, and I still manage to go to the gym twice a week, as per Brutus' instructions. While I've only been to the gym a total of eight times now, I still see some of the results. Brutus says that's normal, that you get the most results when...
Change His Mind Part 1
There's a reason I've never been to a gym before. I'm going to make a fool of myself is the primary reason, followed closely by the fear that I'll embarrass myself while ogling all of the huge guys lifting, sweating, and generally being the kind of...
Froofy Puffs and Romantic Shellac - a Birthday Story
The interior of Kevin's Kitchen won the best design award in the four star restaurant category three years in a row, and was likely going to win this year too. Each wooden chair was hand carved and decorated, similar in style yet completely different...
Retribution
Things were different in the old days. People believed in the Gods and their divine punishment. There was awe and fear, respect for the unknown and the other worldly. Perhaps the Gods weren't always paying attention to the exact details of what was...
Spots and Stripes Forever
It's one of those iconic scenes that everybody hears about, but nobody ever really sees. The sun rising in the distance over a flat plane, orange ball dispelling the last of night's gloom and replacing it with the fiery vibrancy of life. Tall, uncut...
Silk and Smoke
The haze of smoke drifted between the ceiling fans, blown about from corner to corner without a moments rest. Tendrils of grey wisps spun around the blades, the blur of motion combined with the miasma obscuring the tarnished color of the fans. Cracked...
Miracle Fruit
The ocean lapped against the shore, licking the sand with the waves and pulling the granules into the water. Each tongue of liquid took a swirling mass of sand with it, the miniature particles dissolving into the mouth of the ocean. Driftwood floated...