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Strange days lonely nights, gone are the days of just flying kites. A boy in his teens with many stresses, the thought of good grades marks and assesses. Sweat beads under black hair, life’s pressures being to much to bare. Hazel eyes stinging tanned skin dry, lungs inhaling all for a sigh. Distractions, distractions, what could they be? Think, my dear brain enlighten me. Open your mind heart and soul, look out to the world the world as a whole. Read More…

Standing in front of his workbench, he picks up the angle grinder which slices effortlessly through the layers of folded metal. The blade demands that he stop. But Troy is deaf to its protests. The last time the sword had felt the heat of a furnace was when it was being forged, but this heat is a sacrilege, a desecration of its blade. Cutting the sword into three pieces, he fashions them into kitchen knives to appease his wife. Despite Read More…

\Chapter 1 awoke from my afternoon nap and peeked out the window in my room, it was dark outside. checking my phone which was just an android phone I mostly used for Facebook and music, the time read 7 pm I must have slept for 3 hours. Walking to the bench in my kitchen I got some leftover lasagna from 2 nights ago and put it in the microwave ready to heat it up. After it was ready I ate Read More…

s my eyes fall silently upon the several signs of life below me, I feel invincible. A nice warm summer breeze comforts me like soft sheets upon a bed as I observe the beauty of the skies I travel through. A calm blanket of blue with an overcoat of milky white clouds performing their usual three-dimensional illusion as I simply pass through them without feeling or thought. No other moment quite like it. It feels amazing yet brief however as Read More…

Several months ago I began attending a meet-up group composed entirely of people who, like me, had problems coping with shyness and anxiety disorders. It seemed like the ideal place to meet people and besides that, quite a nice and gentle way to reintroduce myself to the world at large. Knowing how sensitive and vulnerable I was on a mental level, it was a comforting thought to imagine that these people I was about to introduce myself to had some Read More…

One of the reasons why it’s so difficult for me to leave the house is due to my sleeping pattern. By the time morning arises, sleep time is beckoning for me, and any thoughts of undertaking any sort of trip is a daunting thought to contemplate. But these past few days, somehow my pattern had reconfigured itself, leaving myself facing the day to come fresh and wide eyed, and wondering what am I going to do on this day? And Read More…

 Summary: Its been three and a half months since Earth was declared to go into lockdown in a never-ending quarantine. To everyone on the planet, hope was the only thing on their minds. Colin struggles to acknowledge what the world has become. Chapter 1: End of days Colin stared into the deep blue abyss, the ocean breathed splashing above the dock I sat on. The sky was grey and dull, representing an overcast for today’s weather or the past few Read More…

So this is what happened, the day I went to the bar. I left our house, and kept looking down, always to inspect my new shirt. It is quite tight, but fits well enough. I actually liked the fact that it was tight and snug across my chest; all of my other shirts were a larger size than this one and tended to look really bulky. I looked pudgier in those shirts, but in this tight shirt, I felt more Read More…

“Why did they bring you to the human world” I ask, feeling like I’m asking way too much. “I have no idea, to kill us once and for all I guess” he replies unsure. I start to free the other demons from their chains, cages, whatever they were placed in. “Whatever happens, Lilith, just know that I am proud of you” dad says smiling up at me. “I’m not letting you die dad” I say sounding confident. Who really seems Read More…