An Artist ~ Charles Cote

Jean’s body shivered, even in the heat of his workshop. Sweat beaded on his face and he felt a chill down his spine. His breathing was painfully arrhythmic. He blinked an errant tear away and stood up from his chair, faster than he should have. Jean felt terrified...

Songbirds ~ Leah Hutchinson

I pass by the same park every day before work. I used to take a detour through the park and feed the ducks my extra bread from breakfast, and every day at the same time sat an old lady. She was an elegant lady. Always dressed in a cream dress with an orange and blue...

Breathing In Stardust ~ Josh Hicks

I had always thought death would be black, but I saw violet. I could not say where I was as it did not have a name. To describe it as succinctly as possible, I was in a void at the edge of the universe, but not the end. Someone back on Earth had told me the universe...

The Watcher ~ Kylie George

“Kafziel, please. It’s your turn.” He just wanted to help; he was told it was the right thing to do. It’s why he wanted to become a guardian in the first place. He would watch the others crowding around the portal he was stationed by, as one by one they disappeared...

Electric Blood ~ Josh Hicks

He could not say when she had first arrived. Time had lost its meaning long ago. There was no need to count down the seconds when one’s demise was never a worry.  Something was strange about her. She was stubborn and imperfect, still a human, presumably just out of...

Bruno

By Lance Colet At the fake forest, in the zoo, they called him Bruno. Bruno the Brown Bear. That was many years ago, though. The zoo had run into financial difficulties and had to let him, and many other animals, go. He was in the real forest now, back where he...