Outland: Chapter One I’m searching for something. I have no idea what it might be, but I’ll know when I find it. Until I do so, I can’t let anything distract me. Beep beep beep. The alarm broke through his dream, interrupting his visions of fields of infinite pineapples, swaying back and forth in theContinue reading “The Longest Day of the Year”
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Rejected Christmas Ghosts
Evan Nizer Scruge saved up all this his money until this moment; the Steam Christmas sale, when games could go up to 90% off. It was truly a time of wonder. However, as each of his wishlisted items slowly popped up, he realized none of them seemed as interesting as they did when he first addedContinue reading “Rejected Christmas Ghosts”
How The West Was Won
“How was it won you ask? That’s a long story. Let me think, way way back… This goes back as far as I can remember. It was unforgivable. Sometime it was hot, sometimes it was cold. And not just hot or just cold. Blizzards, frostbite; heat waves and humidity. There was no inbetween. We didn’tContinue reading “How The West Was Won”
The Illusion of Knowing
Mark sat down on the table. It was cold, and his lack of clothes didn’t help. He studied the obscure anatomical drawings adorning the walls to distract himself from his hairy thighs being covered by little more than his underwear. He glanced back and forth at the door, hearing piqued by the sound of footstepsContinue reading “The Illusion of Knowing”
Finding the Smile
–Give me a smile, please? He pleaded, locking eyes with her while flashing his own smile, trying to get a reaction. –I can’t. I don’t want to. He sighed, turning away from her. –Why not? –It’s not something I can just produce without reason. –Think about something happy then. He paced, looking over the stillContinue reading “Finding the Smile”