The Climb

They say the air gets thinner the higher you climb. They don’t warn you about it, just watch to see if you choke. But they never say what happens when you learn to live without air. When I stood in … Read More

Euthanasia

People think I’m an awful sod, I lack a heart, that I’m just a mad scientist who wants nothing more than to experiment on the masses for my own entertainment.  There couldn’t be anything further from the truth.  I love … Read More

The Last Five Moments

In my dreams I’m still there trapped in that boardroom. The piercing pain of the explosion tearing apart wounds that refuse to heal, the final breaths of dad echoing through my muddled mind slowly being drowned out by a wheezing, … Read More

PSA: Food Safety Tips

We open in what’s very clearly a set kitchen, as Captain Arcadia comes in with that old familiar smile and wearing an apron that would fit more on a grandmother than anyone else. “Hey there Arcadia! Welcome back to the … Read More

The Door Is Open

You can only walk a road so long before it starts to feel familiar. Footprints buried beneath the dust… not just yours, but others. Heavy ones. Ones you thought you’d left behind. You don’t realise how far the past stretches … Read More

Red and Black

Two horsemen are face to face in a standstill. One donning all red representing the blood shed in war. The other in all black representing the fate we are all promised. These horsemen of the apocalypse wait their marching orders … Read More

Sunspot

They say it’s impossible to look at the sun and see its flaws. That to the naked eye, it’s just light—pure, blinding, untouchable. But point the right lens at it, and what you find are sunspots. Black pits in the … Read More

The Playful Bite And The Jugular Tear

“Ironically, the only constant in life is change. We all slip into our routines, our assumptions about the world, what we consider an ‘understanding’… Because the illusion of certainty is comforting, more than a hug from a loved one, more … Read More

Blood Will Spill

[Inside the Cade residence, it’s dark. Not a soul in sight. Everything seems unbothered. It’s been that way for weeks.] [The rattling of keys can be heard outside the front door.] [Click.] [The door unlocks…] [And George Cade pushes through … Read More

Suspicious Minds

♫ We’re caught in a trap I can’t walk out… ♫ An Anthestrian Standoff is a deadlock with several parties, all armed and all staring each other down. No one shoots, because if one fires, everyone falls. If I shoot, … Read More