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Fimbulvinter
The wind whistled through the forest of pines, small bits of snow falling from their drooping branches. A male elk moved carefully through the brush, followed by two females and a calf. They watched him, mimicking his steps to move safely through the woods. He lowered his face to the ground, brushing the snow aside to reveal a cluster of mushrooms. His calf approached, nibbling on the vegetation as the adults kept watch. A slight rustling of the brush in the distance put them on high alert, but they had no time to react before the snap of a bowstring resounded through the air. The buck fell, an arrow sticking out from his chest. The rest of the herd bolted into the woods, letting out sharp cries as they were forced to leave their only protector behind.
By Caleb Arentz3 years ago in Fiction
HEARTCODE
As Alyssa woke up early in the morning, the sun gleaming in her eyes through the living room window, she still feels the pounding headache that she went to bed with on arriving at her mother’s best friend’s home who lived ten blocks away from her neighborhood. Alyssa was hopeful to find her mother’s childhood friend Gail. She was praying she was alive along with her best friend Gina but there were no signs of them and both cars are gone from their driveway. That may be a good sign which means there’s a chance they are alive but where could they be. Grateful that she was at her friend’s home and had a place to sleep, she wishes she could stay here and continue to rest, but Alyssa needed to find her mom and dad. She had 50 miles to walk to the hospital.
By Cecilia Mercado3 years ago in Fiction
SHADOW AND BITCH
Do you see it? What? Jonah asked. Do you see the heart? No, I see the destruction caused by sellouts like you that couldn't accept anarchy. Sure, whatever, artist. I replied. I always said artist instead of asshole, sometimes horse, because horses are assholes.
By Darrin Smith3 years ago in Fiction
The Awakening
Independence Day, War of the Worlds, Roswell, popular culture is full of stories about insect or lizard-like aliens descending upon the planet with the sole purpose of eliminating all life on the planet. So focused is our lore of little green men, we never imagined the threat would come, not from a looming spaceship, but from a species not unlike our own.
By Christine Immel3 years ago in Fiction
Heart and Logic
A tremor through my spine, it’s almost harvest time. Twice a day, every day since I was 7 years old…. The abysmal cloud hung softly over her shoulders. I watched her eyes sit glazed and unmoving. The dense fog flashed with black, violet, and a bloody red as its luminescence wretchedly wound about her wrists and injected into her veins. The locket hung limp around her neck as I sat uselessly in horror. I knew at that point I would have to carry it beyond without her. The colors in her veins had reached the whites of her eyes and the rainbow of tears seeped down her pallid cheeks. Her body finally fell to the ground, her soul pulled into the cloud becoming one with the whole in a most unnatural order.
By Jessie Foley3 years ago in Fiction