Celene sat, four legs folded beneath her as she rested her lower body on the floor of her friend’s apartment. She wrung her hands onto themselves again and again and […]
Crossroads Universe - Modern
Down the Hatch
Mila stumbled back through the door, far unsteadier than she was sober. She knew the crowd at the Hatch and what they tended to do in the sole bathroom in […]
Crossroads Universe - Horror
Hidden Things
Cities are designed for isolation. That’s the beauty of them. Hidden things could stay hidden without actively moving to hide them. Cities are information overload; people filter what they experience […]
Crossroads Universe - Modern
The Beast You’ve Made of Me
Arlene ran her finger around the rim of her glass of water, listening to the dull squeak of wet skin against glass over the thunder of music playing on the […]
Crossroads Universe - Horror
Preparations
“Order up!” Heather grabbed the ticket the waitress pushed across the counter toward her, scanned the shorthand scrawled there, then stuck the paper to the bar overhead. Life as a […]