Jordan Berman
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Puzzle Box
Ten days ago, the first one arrived. I sliced it open with dad's letter opener. I didn't tell him what had happened, what came out. He would never believe me. I hid the box under my bed, convinced myself I was crazy, and went back to my wonderful life.
By Jordan Berman3 years ago in Fiction
Apex
It was proud to be known as Scourge of the Vale. Who wouldn’t be? Beasts across the world knew the boundaries of its claim. None rivaled the Scourge’s size, the speed of its accursed, leathery wings, the unparalleled perception of its hooked nose. Predators in its claim survived only by leaving. And when the Scourge ate its fill, it rested in its great eyrie on the Spire. For decades, centuries. Millenia even. Until the Vale refilled with the oblivious and overconfident. Humans, usually. They were the most oblivious and overconfident. Prey mammals would be drawn to the overflowing foliage of the claim. Predators would follow. Then, the feast began.
By Jordan Berman3 years ago in Fiction
