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 […]
Horror - Science Fiction
Gutted
WARNING! This story contains material of a violent, sadomasochistic nature; themes of depersonalization and dehumanization; and depictions of dismemberment of a cybernetic body while its host is still conscious. Reader […]
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 […]
Science Fiction
Beloved
She dug her nails against the smooth, ceramic surface of the door to her cell. A whimper slipped past her lips, her body trembling as it lay across the floor, […]
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 […]
Horror
Within a White Darkness
In an instant, the cool dark that surrounded your bed was pulled away, the cover pulled back in a blinding rectangle of light. You cringed, rolled on your side, pressing […]
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 […]