Category Archives: Story

            He couldn’t see any light, but something drew him onward—a feeling, a voice, something that set his heart to racing and his body shaking.  Shuddery breaths rushed in and out of his lungs, muscles burning like he’d run for … Continue reading →

            “You.  You’re terrified?”  The thought calmed him and unsettled his stomach at the same time.  Phelan’s not afraid to be fucking terrified.  The rest of us are scared more than enough for three times our number.  He’s the only … Continue reading →

            The wind started howling out of the north an hour before dusk.  The sound of it set J.T.’s teeth on edge and made every muscle tighten.  Tight muscles sent new fire lancing through his shoulder.  Even the bottle of … Continue reading →

            Her name was Phillipa, and she’d been a student at Northern before things went to shit.  We found that out as we stood near the pyre, watching bodies burn down to ash and nothing.  After a while, Matt took … Continue reading →

            If it hadn’t been so cold that day, the bodies might have started to smell already.  I tried not to look at their faces—at the faces of the dead, of the men we’d killed to defend ourselves.             Is … Continue reading →

            Rory gave me a dirty look as I fell into step with him.  “I thought I told you to stay with Thom.             I shook my head.  “I can’t help him right now and if I stay, Jacqueline’s only … Continue reading →

            I was watching Jacqueline finish up with Thom and nursing a lip I’d bitten bloody.  Jacqueline didn’t curse much, but she’d cursed today, and a lot, mostly aspersions on Thom’s character and on his ability to get himself hurt, … Continue reading →

            Jacqueline appeared a few minutes later and immediately took charge.  She brought Davon along to help her carry Thom back to the fire.             “How’s it look?” she asked Carolyn as she crowded in between us.             “Hasn’t stopped … Continue reading →

            It all happened too quickly.             One second, Thom was negotiating with the band’s leader, the next he was on the ground.  I didn’t even see Phelan draw and fire the first shot, though I saw the head raider … Continue reading →

            Cameron jerked awake with a gasp, pain stabbing through his guts from one side of his body and through his belly and lower chest.  He peered up through tears and his lashes at Neve, who bent over him, pale, … Continue reading →