Have you ever caught a rainbow? I have. I thought I could catch it with my hands. That didn’t work. Then I tried catching it with my...

I have a card to a library that does not exist. It was given to me by an eagle, an owl, I’ll correct, who had flown far, very far. It was...

The darkness crept on him long enough for his tongue to taste it. It had begun to intrude upon his throat, and that was when Duckworth...

Any minute now, the plane should be descending. Takeoff was scheduled for six in the morning. It was already 7:30 AM when the plane left...

The two won’t do. I have to play my cards right. It’s the only thing I can truly do, the only thing I have control over, my play. My play...

The Deep Sea never deemed to tell new tales. It is not one to be a storyteller, or one who speaks of stories (or one who speaks at all),...

The tree never withered. Not even come winter, which it was now, the tree remained when all other crops would bow. Maybe within, there’s...

The elders used to say that when the stars hide, it’s because the spirits are averting their eyes from the horrors of the earth. GONG! Or...

The town of Kampana was a small community, home to not more than twenty families. Everyone has a role to play and a job to keep. Everyone...

The prince couldn’t be too happy about his undignified position. Prince Equinox had his ankles and wrists bound together by a rough rope...

Principal Bapo pinched her upper nose bridge until it reddened. She had to do that to keep her nerves calm. Her fingers bore into her...

I rested my head on the couch pillow. Funny, ‘rested’ was a generous term. The therapist stopped sketching. “Good,” he said. He’d been...

The star-core reactor pulsed through the glass pane windows of the cafeteria, sending Jockey’s coaster careening off the table. He moved...

The cold air bit through her temples like long-neglected sleep. Eighteen floors up, Maya thought, careful not to look down. Not as high...

My roof is always leaking, but I don’t mind. I’ve grown to like the sound of rain splattering on the cold metal floor. Tak, tak, tak, I...

He’s been shackled to the cold, emotionless, yet sentient metal chair for seven hours, this cylindrical chamber for seven months, and the...

They say that when you put your ear next to a seashell, you can hear the ocean. That you can hear the waves crashing on the sand, the...

No, I’m not kidding when I say that my 35-year-old uncle just turned into a teenager in front of my very eyes. I could still feel the...

part four of four of the heaven breaker series Soon, he would be facing his demons. The bleak dry lands of his soul pleaded for...

part three of four of the heaven breaker series "Our Father,” Odell began. “Who art in heaven. “Hallowed be Thy name,” he continued,...