Yumi | Chapter One The star was particularly bright when the nightmare painter started his rounds. The star. Singular. No, not a sun. Just one star. A bullet hole in the midnight sky, bleeding pale light. The nightmare painter lingered outside his apartment building, locking his eyes on the star. He’d always found it strange, that…
Tress | Chapter One In the middle of the ocean, there was a girl who lived upon a rock. This was not an ocean like the one you have imagined. Nor was the rock like the one you have imagined. The girl, however, might be as you imagined–assuming you imagined her as thoughtful, soft-spoken, and overly fond…
Frugal Wizard | Chapter One I came alert, fists raised, an electric jolt of adrenaline surging through me. I spun, light on my feet, looking for someone to punch, sweat streaming down the sides of my face. I was in a field. A sunny field, with a forest nearby. What the hell? What the ever-loving hell? Heart…
The Sunlit Man | Chapter One Nomad woke up among the condemned. He blinked, his right cheek in the dirt. Then he focused on the incongruous sight of a plant growing in fast-motion before his eyes. Was he dreaming? The fragile sprout quivered and twisted, heaving up from the earth. It seemed to stretch with…
