Adventure

The 101 Bridge. Content Warning.
** I was heading home, southbound on the 101, listening to Neil Young weave his stories, as the sun began to melt slowly into the early evening clouds. Traffic was raging as everyone hurried along, making their way home for another end of the week. Down time, family time, my time. All the things I had been planning to accomplish before the work week came back around. Though busy, everything seemed to be moving along smoothly.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden6 months ago in Fiction
La Femme Nikita: Brainwash is One of the Darkest Episodes in Television
La Femme Nikita is one of the best shows I have been recently watching. I wasn't expecting a spy thriller to keep me so hooked, due to the dark content we get in so many episodes. I'm barely on the first season, and I've been freaking out with so many dark moments throughout the season. Nikita is working for a government program known as Section One, that consists of taking down dangerous people that could threaten the world.
By Emy Quinn6 months ago in Fiction
Sand Castles
The ocean practically called his name as he wobbled his way through the sand to the shoreline in that early morning sunlight. He squinted and giggled all the while, jumping excitedly holding tight to his mamas hand. His little legs swishing back and forth, as he marveled at the sun dancing on the surface of the water before him.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
Six months later, the world felt brighter. Not in the impossible, silver-lit way of the dream world. Not in the violet skies and whispering fields that still lived only in memory.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
The hospital doors burst open beneath Clay’s hands. Cold air rushed past him as he stumbled into the bright white lobby, breath ragged, chest heaving.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
The highway ran endlessly beneath them. Black pavement. White lines. The low hum of tires against asphalt. Marcus drove through the night with both hands tight on the wheel, eyes heavy but determined.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
Clay stood in the middle of Marcus’s living room, breathing hard, one hand braced against the back of the couch. Every muscle in his body still ached from leaving the hospital.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
The first thing Clay heard was the beeping. Slow. Steady. Rhythmic. A sound that seemed to rise from the bottom of a deep lake.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
Morning came like a cruelty. Lydia had not slept. She sat curled beneath her bedroom window, knees pulled to her chest, still wearing the same clothes from the night before.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
The void shuddered with the force of Lydia’s disappearance. One moment she was there. Her fingers reaching for his. Her voice breaking on his name.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
The gate closed behind Lydia with a sound like iron sighing. She froze. The world beyond it was unnaturally still. No wind.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction
The Dream Between Us
Lydia left before dawn. If dawn was even the right word for this place. The sky beyond the cottage did not brighten the way it did in town. Instead, the darkness slowly softened from black to indigo, and the enormous moon faded into a pale silver disc that remained suspended over the horizon, watching.
By Amber6 months ago in Fiction