Jason sniffed at the fall air, moldering mushrooms, caramel apples, and cinnamon in everything. The corn maze looked less fun and more...

Margaret tossed and turned. She hated the summer for its heat, its endless days, and her yearly "time". She rubbed her legs against each...

My grandfather's shade killed him. Not a really rare fate where the men in family are concerned. The last time I saw him, his shade was...

A hundred curfews were broken on the night of September 30th, 1963. As the sun was setting, the class of '64 took matters into their own...

The halls of Hollow Oak High echoed with the sound of squeaking shoes. Harry Davenport, having snuck in to steal the State Football...

The parasaurolophus charged through the dense overgrowth, the raptor at its heels. Its mixture of bright and earthy green skin made it...

“This stuff will clean literally anything,” Roger told his prospective new customers. The couple eyed him warily from their couch. Dinner...

Molly left the doctor, as people often do, more unsure and upset than when she’d gone in. She wasn’t going to bother with it at first,...

I like to think they had a hard time, deciding what they did. But I'm not sure they are even capable of thinking that way. Maybe guilt is...

Dearest Editor, Forgery is such an ugly word, don't you think? I can be accused of many things, but I don't believe forgery should be...

Tracy wove her car through the other vehicles on the road. She wouldn't, couldn't, be late. Of course her wife was sick and their son...

Us Shepherds gathered just before dawn. Five of us total, all anonymous. Our handler, who was antsy to get back into the SUV and leave us...

(photo via Pinterest) Walter’s Wanting came fairly late in life. As far as Wanting’s go, it was quiet and unobtrusive, much like him. He...

“Am I supposed to be feeling something?” Fletcher looked down to his hand and turned it over. He and Kyran were in the Edgefield forest,...

The cicadas were screaming in a fever pitch. Without anything else to fight their song, they just seemed to sing louder. I wanted to...

The letters and words on Maisie’s screen looked like they were vibrating. Taking off her glasses for a moment, she rubbed her eyes, the...

It was brisk outside so I took my time walking to the school. My dulled reflection dutifully walked alongside me in the windows of the...

The lobby of Wavecomm didn't feel like the future to Nessie. It distinctly reeked of the past. How many cigarettes had been smoked here...