Cover and Above SourceCover Source 2 I tried to stay calm. The air escaped my lungs, sucked out like a vacuum, emptied out into the soot stained sky. The taste of gunpowder was as harsh as the salt in the ocean. The barbed wires were daggers against my arm, a harness stretching from the twitch … Continue reading Soldier C (short story)
Trigger Warning: Brief mention of self harm (not graphic) Painting by Lindsay Rapp On the curbside. The street snagged, a fork in the neighborhood’s entrance. There was only one exit. I stopped biking here. My mom said to never go past the intersection. The cars snaked in and out, slugs against the heat pricking my … Continue reading Run away (short story)
It came as a bloated shadow eclipsing the sun. If the sky were clear that crisp morning, it would have been an obvious intrusion. However, that day, the air was clogged with brown dust, and it took me several moments to become alert to its presence. I regret wasting precious time in ignorance, for I … Continue reading Sun Floaters (Short Story)
The thick string raced along the leather like the water moccasins on our pond. The poor little thing would soon be gone if the drought continued. My mom only needed to bid her time before she could replace it with a pool, maybe surrounding it in a mesh fence if she had some spare change. … Continue reading His Old Smoke Coat (Short Horror Story)
