Cavvar-Kid
“If we’re going to be partners, we should at least get to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. So we can do better on the battlefield.” “Mm-hmm.” “I’ll start: my strengths include being able to form tactics and plans in the heat of battle and being able to predict enemy…
Consumption
Shadows consumed the alley hidden from civilization, the area where death took the form of a child knocking on a door. The smell of meat left out in the sun for days clung to the air and sought to pull her into its ever-loving grasp of decay. She stopped at…
Midnight
(( Part 1 )) At midnight Jade dragged Riley out of her house and into her truck. Sleep-deprived as she was, Riley barely registered what was happening until Jade slapped her shoulder when the truck shut off. Riley jerked forward in her seat, the seatbelt—she didn’t remember buckling up—locking…
Beautiful
Jade’s nerves were numb. Jade’s mouth was filled with sand. Jade’s eyes were closed and had not opened for some time. A’doxia continued to sing her lullaby: Beautiful art, how lovely you will be. The pressure of a blade. The stroke of an artist. The whimper of a child. Beautiful…
Wet Grass
It smelled like the grass after rain. That’s what she noticed first. It reminded her of running through the pouring rain with her family, one lap around the house, as a sort of impromptu tradition. It managed to stick for years each time it rained or snowed. The memory should…