I was walking back to my lab, when the woman screamed, "My friend's going in to labor! Her water broke! We need a wheelchair!" I raced into the nearest ward, looking for a wheelchair. “Wheelchair?” "Give me a second to take the restraints off, and you can have Daphne’s,…
Icehouse by M. Schulz “Now she’s waiting for a new love, and she hopes he’ll be here soon… She says she’s got no time for winter nights, she doesn’t notice as the days grow darker, she can’t remember getting any older” “Icehouse” by Icehouse “He’…
Keith shuffled onto his porch in his blue, fuzzy bathrobe and leaned over to pluck the newspaper from its nest on top of the shrubbery. “Can’t believe that kid plays varsity ball.” He unfolded the paper to read the front page. “War… Social Security…Murder… Oh, hey, new species!…
"Sandra, you didn't." Tracy stared at her friend over their after work drinks at a local bar. "I did. I got a big bonus from work, and I figured what the hell? Dating isn't working out for me." Sandra shrugged, and took a sip of her drink. "So, did you…
I've been working on some of my longer stories, and haven't really been doing a lot of short stories. But I'll see if I can dig up some of my older stuff, to post. Or transcribe some of the newer stuff. A lot of my newer stuff feels more like…
"One year and a day, to come out where your family settled with the gold they earned from your service." The Sidhe warrior opened the gate. Brigid stepped forward, to the very edge, and paused. "Will I see you again?" She looked up at him, eyes wide. "Who knows what…
Trigger warnings: Violence against women, mentions of rape. * * "Why?" Hope screamed, struggling as the men of the settlement tied her to the wooden stake set in the town square, piled high with logs and kindling. "He raped me! Why are you doing this?" She sobbed, fighting harder than they thought…
Julie ran through the woods, through the trees, her footing always stable, her steps fleet and sure. Behind her he ran, tripping. She heard him fall with a muttered grunt on more than one occasion, and as she fled deeper into the forest, a scream. She slowed her steps, breath…
