It arrives without warning like a sudden, unwelcome guest.  No visible red flag signals its approach.  It is stealthy; manifesting out of the surrounding air, a prickly sensation forms and is closely followed by immediate discomfort.  Any initial confusion is…

Not a single idea on what to write reveals itself to me.  It is too dark.  Shadows within the emptiness of my mind jest at my lack of direction.  I find myself plagued by doubt and distractions.  With each attempted starting word…

And from within her mind sprouted an image.  Though hard to distinguish the finer details of its form, the overall shape…

The driver’s destination was almost within sight.  At any moment, when the dust clouds parted enough to see the horizon, he was sure that it would be there.  Elation nestled just below the surface awaiting the first sight of the city that would signify the end of all of his struggles.  But just as he thought…

 The knight's footsteps were placed with the intentional caution and precision of an animal stalking their prey.  One wrong step could bring about a painful end as the battlements and ramparts surrounding him were crumbling; a direct result of the continuous barrages that had begun just before the sun had risen.  It would not be long before…

There are rumblings online that speak of a phantom.  Not the kind that haunts places saturated with horrible events of the past.  Rather, this is an entity that exists only within the digital landscape.  Created during the time…

There is a path not far from here.  It leads up into the marshlands; a place that has remained mostly untouched from…

Magic is not constrained to the physical.  Great power can reside within unconventional forms…

They said that cockroaches would be the ones to survive long after humanity blew itself to bits.  They were wrong.  The cockroaches never stood a chance against him.  Donnie was a monster.  He…

A ring covered hand points a long, thin finger in my direction.  With it, a sentence has been declared.  It is more than enough for the wolves to turn on me; a tasty morsel…

I remember intense heat.  That’s how it begins or at least that is how I remember it beginning, any certainty that I had previously has slowly faded leaving only residual visuals and sensations.  Not just summertime hot, but a true scorcher…

In darkness she sits.  She needs to think, but her mind remains a blank canvas.  Patiently she waits for a brush stroke, only one single small helpful half thought to get her started is all she…

The restless warrior awaits.  Discomfort washes over her as she watches things spiral further downward.  Rage has been slowly bubbling up inside her with each passing day adding additional fuel to the fire.  A part of her wants to feel righteous watching them present themselves in the form that they have always been, but she knows that to be a hollow notion.  There is no joy…

The past often repeats in new forms.  Long ago, the sorcerers of old wielded magic…

The holidays can oftentimes be a little too much for me.  Though, it is a time of intense lights and sounds that are meant to brighten and uplight spirits, sometimes it can have the opposite effect; shining a spotlight…

It had been a long day.  A day more unpredictable than that of the ever changing gusts of wind that plagued the rundown streets of this city…

The wind howls for more.  Blowing past from the east, I hear its voice just as clearly as I would hear my own…

Nothing escapes the raven's sight.  These creatures of the night to which darkness was no obstacle are what the homunculi fear the most…