Horror
Staring
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. He had been born at the beginning of all this, the same as her. In fact, the same day, in the same hour. One week later, the storms had come. The Mistress treated her as if she had brought them.
By Rebekah Brannan3 years ago in Fiction
My Mind's Eye
I've always known that I was different. Growing up, I could feel it in my bones – like there was something special inside of me, just waiting to be unleashed. How others treated me and how they stared at the weird kid in class was almost too much at times. And as I got older, that feeling grew stronger, and I got a bit more peculiar as the days went by.
By Matthew Angelo3 years ago in Fiction
The Trees Swallow People: Part 14
It's Christmas in a few days, and understandably there's an unease about it. There's an odd feeling of shame intermingled with determined jovial spirits. There are fewer houses than ever decorated (many are without the excuse of being abandoned), yet of those that are, they appear more festive than in previous years. Interestingly, many of the ones I know lie empty are decorated, draped in lights hanging from the gutters, windows frosted in mock-snow from a spray can, and, perhaps a little morbidly given everything, a tree dressed in baubles and lights. Fake trees, obviously, but you wouldn't blame people for breaking from tradition.
By Conor Matthews3 years ago in Fiction
Hope wrapped in tiny arms
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. The attic had always been her papa's favorite room, he used to love to hide there and paint many lovely pictures. He didn't do that much anymore, I guess he was just too sad now.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Three Musky Tears
A hulking drop of sizzling, putrid acid-rain crashed with force into Carew Tower, crumbling thousands of the old khaki bricks, sending them falling weightily downward hundreds of feet to the street below—its Art Deco, classic beauty now destroyed. Another drop fell subsequently, its size and shape similar to that of a Humpback whale. Each drop was filled with chemicals unnatural to normal precipitation. This bucket-like rainstorm hadn’t lasted long, but it was lengthy enough; the structural integrity of the building—along with several other nearby skyscrapers in downtown Cincinnati—was compromised. Carew Tower now stood—its naked interior exposed—like a slouching, decrepit midwestern obelisk glorifying the apocalypse.
By Robert Pettus3 years ago in Fiction




