I’m jarred awake by an alarm at six in the morning. It’s still dark and the message on my phone screen says “stretching”. The room is freezing, the bed is soft, and my eyelids are heavy. There’s no way I’m getting up for that. It comes back only five minutes later, and five minutes after […]
<Continued from Cut Off The Head A tremor shot through Charlie’s body, like he was finally more tentacle than man. His limbs were rubbery and misshapen, his head oblong, his neck stretched so thin Ameka could see the tentacles coming up through it before they left his mouth. She pulled the trigger. One more junker […]
Groggy. Ears ringing. About to vomit. Eyes slowly open and then slam shut as soon as the light creeps in. My body is unsteady even though I’m lying down. I’m cold beneath the blanket, like it’s not even there at all, and I’ve already instinctively curled myself into a ball to retain heat. “Great, you’re […]
<Continued from The Lab Continue to Master> Charlie just managed to dodge the tentacle as it swept through two of the junkers nearby, and then stumbled and fell over one of the upturned benches. He vomited in his new hiding place a few moments later, but then realized his hiding place was not hidden nor […]
I’ve got the woman tied to the chair in the center of the room. She’s growling and so filled with rage that she’s practically spitting with every word she says. “Fuck you, Victoria. I’ll get you for this.” I’m pacing back and forth in front of her, the bat in my hand and the pistol, […]
<Continued from He Knew What He Was Getting Himself Into Continue to Cut Off The Head> Ameka’s back was cramping from the tension. More than once she had to wipe her sweaty palms off on her pants. Her breaths were slow and forced so that she’d remain calm. If it were loud or threatening, she’d […]
My eyes slowly open as the alarm clock goes off. I’m lying in a warm blanket on top of a warm bed, a gentle breeze wafting in from an open window on the other side of what looks to be a meticulously clean bedroom. Whatever this new life is, it can wait a minute. A […]
Federico Rizzarelli // Unsplash <Continued from Deck Three Continue to The Lab> Charlie stumbled away shrieking for his life. The tentacle swept at his feet, then the gunfire rained down on him. Rain. If he were ever so lucky as to see rain again, he’d tilt his head back and cry. Green blood and rubbery […]
I’ve been on the bus for a half hour before I reach the stop closest to Deane Turner’s downtown office. From a block away, it looks just about the same as every other skyscraper in the city, including the other one I visited a couple days ago. I loved stealing from people like this, I […]
Photo by Antonia Lombardi // Unsplash <Continued from Blackmail Still clean. Spotless. Unsettling. Ameka’s grip tightened on her gun. The lights flickered every so often. Industrial ticking down the hall. Minor damage—a broken console, dents in the walls, shattered glass underneath a broken lamp—but no signs of life, live or dead, other than her and […]