Posts by ec1n3

he world outside my arms turned into flashing red and blue lights. I was still holding Lily when the paramedic gently but firmly took her from me, wrapping her in…

The alleyways of the Grey District are a labyrinth designed to swallow the unwanted. I kept my distance, my expensive leather shoes splashing through puddles that smelled of iron and…

The prison cafeteria was the loudest place in the building and the cruelest. Metal trays slammed against tables, inmates shouted over one another, guards watched from a distance with the…

CRACK. White dust burst into the air. The room snapped toward the sound— a shattered leg cast scattered across the marble floor. At the center— a ten-year-old girl stood still,…

The lead mourner dropped to his knees beside her. Together they ripped the broken lid back. Inside, the woman lay pale and still in her white dress—but her chest moved.…

The mother’s face drained of color. For a second, she couldn’t move. The father looked from the old woman to the three girls, then back again, trying to understand why…

The boy stopped breathing. His eyes filled so fast the girl’s face blurred in front of him. “My mother is dead,” he whispered. The man in the grey suit went…

The woman froze with the wine glass halfway in her hand. For the first time, the mansion felt too quiet. The little girl reached one shaking hand toward her father…

The apples rolled first. Then the milk tipped over in the grass. But none of them moved. Lena stood frozen between the park gate and the path, staring at the…

Nobody in the restaurant breathed. The man stared at his foot as if it had betrayed him by coming back to life. The boy kept his hand there, glowing faintly,…