Defrost

Defrost

There is a heightened awareness of the piercing cold as the snowfall numbs your senses. The wind violently reminds you that you are in its icy tundra, away from all the comforts that previously kept you warm. The ability to see ahead has begun to slowly deteriorate as...
Cocoon

Cocoon

Lost in the woods for what felt like decades, he emerged expecting to be a butterfly. He was told tales when he was a child about a wide-eyed adventurer plunging into the forest with only bravery and coming out a new person. When he emerged from the forest into an...
Game Face

Game Face

Tears smeared her mascara and etched the script of an emotion she tried to hide from him. As he continued to berate her with words that pierced like knives, she tried to speak with words unbroken through broken breath. Never show weakness in the face of adversity her...
Silent Request

Silent Request

She saw his friend request but didn’t accept it, they hadn’t talked since their senior year of high school. That was nine years ago; there was no point in unearthing the past, she had already grown so far from him. She didn’t dismiss him completely but decided...
Violent Timing

Violent Timing

  A little boy beamed as he talked to his mother. They playfully teased each other about school and the upcoming assembly. He had won an award for being student of the month and she was going to get a bumper sticker for his accomplishments. Not wanting to have a...