I knew as soon as I was coming close that I should not go on—that there was nothing to go on for. At first I sensed it; everything was too quiet. None of the small animals and birds were about, and the bushes themselves seemed to be holding still in fear. And when I came closer, I could smell it on the air—the fear was there, but also something else. Nothing...
Chapter One: Earliest Time I have no memory of a beginning. From the time I first had any sense of being alive, all of my efforts were taken up with trying to find enough berries, nuts, and leaves that wouldn't sicken me to make me able to move in the forest and shelter under low-lying branches when the threat of the elements or the Others arose. Even in sa...
The storm continued to rage throughout the night, battering the little life raft in its windy wake, the rain on the tent above us deafening. As night fell, Steve and I snuggled in together under the remaining thermal blanket and slept like the dead, rehydrated with the rainwater captured in our pot. Neither of us found the emergency rations overly objectiona...
Noah opened his eyes slowly, and for a moment he panicked, thinking he'd damaged his vision somehow. But then he realized that he was in a very poorly lighted place and his eyes were fine. It was also a cool place. And a hard place, if his sore back muscles gave any indication. The smell of damp earth overwhelmed him. He looked around once his vision became...
Sighing as I walked through the woods I realised there was a deathly calm feeling about the night that was unnerving to me. Whenever the woods where this quiet and calm it meant something was coming and that something was usually trouble. As I walked closer and closer to the ancient tree of our world it began to take shape, it took the shape of a young woman...
"You're a funny guy, John," noted Tom from the back seat of my SUV. With my gaze on the winding road before me, I replied as matter-of-factly as possible, "Maybe so, but I'm serious. If you two still want to go caving tonight with me and Joe, y'all are gonna have to go naked. Let me know now if that's a problem so I can turn around if I need to." He didn'...
Raven took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. "Why? Do you think that I am really worried about getting the family money?" "All you have ever worried about was getting my money." Raven's father snapped. Raven lost the tight reign he had on his temper at that moment. "Father you do not know anything about me. I have no want nor need for your money."...
Synopsis: A 25 year old straight male is lead to believe the he is going on an out of country business trip with his 50 year old male manager who also is the CEO of the company they work at. Little does he know that his manager has different plans for their "business" trip. By the end of this trip this young guy will have been stripped of his clothes, his p...
My friendship with William was growing rapidly. We ended up spending all our time together exploring the forest and him teaching me everything he knows. I gave back by tutoring him Maths. This proved more difficult than it seems. He was really slow with numbers and at times I felt like strangling him with his own belt. Though I have to give myself some credi...
Something was pulling on my hair, shaking my head. In my dreamy, sleep-induced stupor, I imagined a super-huge dragon fly had landed on my head, and was clutching at my hair, trying to pick me up and fly away with me. Then I heard his voice shouting in my ear, and I was wide awake; a chill ran down my spine as I abruptly remembered where I was. In the dark...