Download MP3 Annie’s high-pitched scream ripped static in Joseph’s ears. He squeezed his eyes tight and tried not to hurt his daughter under his grasp. She’s three, he thought. She won’t be three for long. Annie screamed again, and Joseph lightly placed his hand over her mouth to stifle the volume. They locked eyes, and she grew quiet. “Annie, baby,…
DOWNLOAD MP3 Many years after the OUTBREAK, someone finally found the last zombie. He was just milling about somewhere in upstate New York. Said they found him circling some old camp site. Campers were long gone. How? Well, that was something the news had left out. They decided they were going to show off the last zombie. A parade, perhaps.…
Emily traverses a world covered in darkness by giant stone faces that scatter the skies above. But there just might be hope yet, even if it means the end of us all. About 5,100 words.
The Keeper’s Diary was discovered inside the Mansion above Umbrella’s laboratory. The diary itself was incomplete missing two days of entries. These are the missing days. About 6,000 words.
A meeting was called late in the afternoon on the tenth floor of Que Media: the team behind the most popular children’s show “YOYO! Kids”. Meetings are never call in this late or at this late of notice. Julia feels that this is an opportunity to shine. But will she get it? About 5, 800 words.
It wasn’t even on the front page of the Classifieds. More to the middle back. Just a handful of words and a phone number: Print your eyes’ best pictures. New experiment and need subjects. Ask for Mel. So I call and ask for Mel. He says it’s just a minor surgery. No problemo, I say. After surgery, I wake up…
What could possibly turn a boring Tuesday afternoon at the grocery? Well, how about a bull? About 2,300 words.
Rikki knocked on the door to room 114, before entering. She doubled checked her supplies and put on a fake smile. “Hi, Ms. Taylor. I’m Rikki. I’ll be taking your blood pressure before Dr. Kelvin gets in.” The elderly woman turned her head from the window to nod at the arrival of her attending nurse for the day. What number…
My R180 HighSpeed toaster clicked into place displaying two pieces of New Haven ciabatta toast perfectly browned on each side. They laid flat on my Bernardaud small dinner plate. From the silverware drawer, I drew out my Sabre Paris butter knife. In two short cuts, I scraped Minerva Dairy Amish butter delicately and evenly to each piece only on a…
Jerry flipped the switch on which gave way to an extremely tight stairs down to the cellar. He could barely fit down the steps without moving his shoulders. He grasped onto the railing and took very deliberate steps down, one by one. He told himself that this would be the last he’d take these steps. He’d quit if it came…