Series
Homeless
A loud rumbling, like an approaching thunderstorm, woke Tyrone from a fitful sleep. Sirens and gunfire prevented him from getting some needed Z’s. He should have been used to it. Crime was not unusual, but the past three days had seen more activity. Again, the rumbling. “Garbage day,” he muttered. He needed to get moving before the garbage collectors arrived. He peered into the alley. Nobody. He lifted the heavy metal cover above his head, and propped it with a stick. The rusting hinges of the lid creaked slightly. To him, it was a bull horn. He threw out a small parcel and followed it landing on the concrete with a soft thud. Crouching beside the dumpster, he paused, listening intently. His eyes darted left, right, then up, checking the alley and rooftops.
By T. R. Gibbs5 years ago in Fiction
Warrior Wings
The day started as a cold wet mess. The morning fog hung low around the abandoned buildings. The dew clung to the ground and its stickiness was felt in the dirt. Visibility was limited as looming shadows showed remnants of multiple accidents, pieces of metal strewn sporadically about. There were many footsteps searching for help and pattering around in panic.
By LATANYA N CHATFIELD5 years ago in Fiction
Hunting Upstream
This story immediately follows Lockets Full of Instructions. Robin keeps fiddling with that heart shaped locket that Doc gave her. She hasn't said much since we left town. I'm never gonna get used to calling it that. Towns seem like such a foreign concept now. I remember towns, and what's left out there ain't them. But we have one. Doc made that place a home, and we made it a town, and now we have to go to war for it. This better be the shortest war in the history of the God damn planet. I'm sick of this Mad Max bullshit.
By John Dodge5 years ago in Fiction
Darkness Falls
Darkness Falls Just like that the sirens went off all around us as me and my friends on the soccer field started running towards the field house for cover as the first of many bombs began to hit all around the town and unknown to us at the time we were the trial run. The school house being the main emergency shelter center now up in flames and rubble. Once inside the field house we all pull out our phones and try to call our families.
By Rebecca Michelle Josey5 years ago in Fiction
The Stranger
Part 1 Elliot Mayfield lied motionless on the snow-covered ground. The cold wind sent chills throughout his bones. He opened his eyes. It was dark. The light of the moon barely cut through the thick of the forest that surrounded him. He stood, his hands and face red from winter’s embrace. “Hello!?” he shouted, his voice echoing throughout the clearing. A murder of crows screeched from the trees, startling him. He was alone; lost.
By David Dausch5 years ago in Fiction
Tani's Trial
Tani held the gold heart shaped locket, as she looked out over this unfamiliar city, “Someday, we won’t need the shield, and I will go find you.” Things had not gone as planned since her stepdad tried to kill her and did kill her mom. Well, things had not gone well since her dad’s accident really. First her dad died, then her grandparents, and finally her mom. She had no one else here, all the family she had ever known were dead. She had come up with a plan as she sat looking at her lifeless mother. Her mom still had the locket on, and Tani took it off, and looked at the familiar pictures inside. On one side was a young couple, her grandparents, on the other a young boy and girl, her mom and uncle. The locket was all her mom had left of her parents and brother, and now sadly it was all Tani had left of her mom. Tears rolled down her cheeks, just like they did when her mom would hold the locket. Tani understood better now the pain that came with those tears. Every time she tried to ask her mom about the pictures all she would say was, “They didn’t make it in time.” So, she kissed her mom for the last time and told herself she would go outside the shield and find her family.
By Viltinga Rasytoja5 years ago in Fiction
Submissive Evil 4
“Can you feel that?” I looked over my shoulder to see Julious staring into the Fold. It had opened a few days ago and continued to get wider. It was shimmering brightly. The Overworld drifting off into the distance surrounded in a cloud of pressing darkness.
By J. L. Cross5 years ago in Fiction
The Board of Directors
SPrologue Prologue Sometimes I wonder if what we are doing is right. The BOD says it is for research purposes, does not even sound right to me. Everyone is scared to speak up; they have been "canceling" anyone who shows hard evidence we should not be doing this. It is not a proven fact that they have been getting rid of loose ends, but, conveniently, anyone who calls them out on the matter is either labeled unfit to serve or go missing.
By Dontayvious Deofils5 years ago in Fiction
Bloodstained Lily
Chapter 1 - Pilot *April, 2027* Emptiness - the once bustling main road that lead south of the city centre had become a mirror image of a ghost town, no life left. Only death and silence - not the peaceful sort, but rather the kind of silence that almost leaves you gasping for air. A silence so petrifying that one small exhale could become the difference between life and loss.
By Claire Gailer5 years ago in Fiction
Matthias Scott - Air Pirate
MCMXXXI-II-XI Ten Years Ago The Captain of CA-01, Carsten Jakob Schultz, was tall and lean. A military man since the age of eighteen, his family had been part of the Europan Republic's armed forces for nearly as long as the Republic had intended to dominate the world. Countless wars had come and gone, and through them all, to the final result of a unified world, the Schultz line had remained unshakably loyal to the Republic and its goals. Now in command of the first ship of her class, Albatross, a new design of Capital Airship, the man had attained what might as well have been a straight shot to becoming an Admiral.
By Bastian Falkenrath5 years ago in Fiction
