The horizon unzipped like two halves of a leather jacket, 
Swirls of Amber and Scarlet spilled through the void, diluting the atmosphere like cordial through water. 
The earth, burning like the hottest of volcanos cracked and hissed, 
Plants began to shrivel, wilt and die as the heat dehydrated their delicate root systems. 
The sea bubbled as if being boiled from below, ships swallowed and dra...

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A creak, a groan, the splintering of wooden beams. 
John ascended the spiral staircase of his grandfather’s horologe house, walls lined with photo frames, memories of a bygone era. 
“Keep climbing,” he told himself, each step heavier becoming beneath his weight. 
Guided by the flicker of a solitary flame, he reached the tower’s pinnacle. 
Hand quivering, he pushed open the heavy oak door. 
Du...

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Apprehensively waiting in the bay window of his parents Victorian townhouse.
Thomas, excited for his father to return home from his job in the city, waited for the sound of the wrought iron gate as it clinked open and close.
Saturdays meant family time, although Thomas' father was not known for his reliability.
But this week, Daddy had promised Thomas that they would spend the full afternoon to...

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Nancy pondered how life might have differed, had she posted her words. 
Wartime Britain. Her beloved Edgar conscripted to fight the Nazi threat. She, with child. 
As bombs rained over London, September 1940, Nancy huddled in the dark of an underground tunnel. 
Cold, damp, and sheltered from the devastation above, she wrote. 
Tears hit the paper like unending mortar strikes as she poured her he...

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Young David had a curious mind, he was drawn to the clearings and wooded paths near his home. 
He’d heard tales of forest imps and fairies, creatures hiding in trees and burrows. 
Dragging his trusty branch behind him, he unknowingly whittled it down on loose stone and scattered viscera, leaving a trail of tiny destruction. 
Midday sun cascaded through the canopy, beams slanting between trees t...

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The town clock had never lied, until today.
At noon, its iron hands paused. The pigeons scattered. Then, with a deep, metallic groan, it chimed once… twice… thrice… all the way to thirteen.
People froze. Dogs howled. In the silence after, no one moved.
Mrs. Ellory whispered, “It’s back.”
Beneath the clock tower, the stones trembled. A hairline crack split the earth, and something ancient stirr...

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