The blaring ringing of my phone nearby jolted me out of my daydreaming. I was sitting on my couch, staring out the window at the dry yard outside. The loud jingle from my cell had pulled me from a train of thought that I instantly forgot. Sighing, I picked it up and answered, “Hello?”


    
“Val, you’ve
GOT
to see this new baby goat mom got! Come outside to the b

LSD and the Retic


I couldn’t remember the last time I did acid. It had been almost half a decade since I indulged in the realm of LSD, and I was actually excited to spice up my life for the first time in ages. Life had been so boring and bleak: I was starting to see things in black and white. Finally, I would be able to see things in more than just color. My friend from college had gotten a hold of me for the first time in a while and wanted to get tog

I need to get across the border. I couldn't make enough money to cross legally, and now I have loan sharks after me in my home country. I have family up north who are waiting for my arrival, but it's been a few weeks now and I've been on the run. I've heard of a few groups who do border runs for people like me, and I just got into contact with one. His name was Jacob McGrath, owner of winning racehorses, Little Shoe and Gabrielle. He explained that he constantly travels across the border with hi

It's been only days since the loss of my sister as fertilizer for a strange plant in the woods. The scene had been ingrained in my mind ever since and I had been thinking about how to go about giving myself to something else like that. There weren't very many options in this universe that I knew of, but I knew one thing for certain; I want to follow in my sister's footsteps, and it was going to happen soon.

My friend Max had invited me to visit his girlfriend at her work

The crunching of footsteps on fresh undergrowth was the only sound for the last few miles of our hike. My sister, Riley, took the lead through the dense forest, taking me God knows where. She encountered a stranger on her last hike in these woods and had asked me to join her in this expedition. Riley had told me she was looking for a rare plant that apparently exists in this forest. I didn't know what kind of plant it was due to her vague responses and tiptoeing around a direct answer. She would

A world of gliding monsters


"You stupid bitch," Janice said, her face in her hands. she began to sob. Salty water soaked her to her bones, causing her to shiver uncontrollably. Her short, blonde hair stuck to her pale cheeks and she swiftly brushed it away with her left hand. Dr. Callister had made a monster. The team had to move, and quickly if they were to get to the stairs that lead to higher levels of the submarine. The next few moments were a

My Brother's Dog


I woke up to my phone ringing loudly on the nightstand beside my bed. Groggily, I reached over and picked it up, answering the loud phone call. "Greg, it's 6:00 in the morning, what do you want?"

"Oh my god, Jackson, you need to come over right now," the worried voice of my brother pierced into my ear. "I had a break-in last night."

I quickly sat up in my bed, bl

It was barely noon, and I knew that nobody would be up this far on the secluded trail I was on. The sun shone warmly through the leaves of the canopy overhead as I hiked up through the dense forest, following the trail ahead of me. I carried nothing but a small biodegradable water bottle, and an unwrapped granola bar. I knew that this was going to be a one way trip, so I didn't want to bring anything that wouldn't break down over time. I had spent the greater part of the summer tracking down a c

Crack!
The shattering of shell left bits and pieces of white earthly porcelain scattered about the nest. Young trills squealed from inside the cracked egg, attracting the attention of the baby's mother. Lowering her head to see the excitement below in her nest, the mighty tyrannosaur watched the hatching of her only child. A purr deep in her chest rolled out and echoed in her small clearing, rustling leaves as it spooked the surrounding wildlife. First, a leg, then an arm, burst