September 2025

I followed the team out into the yard of this abandoned house on the edge of Old Town. Occasionally the cone of a flashlight would flicker above the rooftops some distance away. Looking any higher towards the sky made me nauseous, the twin spheres bearing down on us with that eerie effect of being simultaneously […]

The Aberrant moved with strange deliberation. It held its bloodied hoof in the air as if unsure of where to step next. I stayed absolutely still, trying to keep my pained gasps quiet. I didn’t know if it could see me, smell me, or hear me. The black featureless torso shifted to the side slightly

Rings hunting me outside, a casino filled with crows on the inside. Surely this was the better option. I wasn’t fully convinced as I watched black feathers drifting down from the second floor balcony that overlooked the first. Each whirring machine in the casino was decorated with shuffling, beady-eyed birds. My dramatic entrance had caused

We walked deeper into Sillwood as the waning sun began to break across the rooftops, leaving walls of light and veils of dark following the gaps in the highrises. The streets were a mess. Smashed glass and trash joined tire marks and blood stains in painting a strange mural where we walked. Richard would often

The room steeped in the stillness. Not a thing moved. The soldiers held their aim on me with steady, unwavering hands. It felt like minutes had passed before I realized that they may be trying to say something to me and I couldn’t see their mouths. I had witnessed soldiers like these ones before. There

Heeding Tom’s strange advice, I found an exit point, a window that faced the forest whose security shutter had been jammed open by a mop, and slipped outside. Making my way around the side of the university, I contemplated what the next step was. Pale blue and red flashed against the trees ahead. First responders

My breathing hitched as I saw the first flake of Kay’s dark skin on her forearm rise, curl, and fall off, leaving behind a pitch black mark, like a chipped painting revealing the blank canvas beneath. No, no, no, no. My heart felt like it was shriveling up. Another patch of skin gently peeled off

“Dad.” Why did my voice sound strange? It quivered like a child’s does when introduced to one of their first fears. The light fell as a pale shroud, sterilizing everything of colour. Laboratory walls arranged themselves as harsh barriers beneath an artificial sun. There were pictures on the walls that moved when I did. This

A door lay flat in the courtyard, torn off its hinges. From my vantage point through the hole on the second floor, I couldn’t see anything through the open doorway but blackness. Alek had entered the first floor.  A sickening feeling grew in my stomach with every second that I wasted here. This was taking

Tom lifted me to my feet with a huge grin on his face. As he squeezed my hand, I felt some of the tension leech out of my shoulders.  “I’m glad you’re okay,” I said. Tom chuckled and glanced nervously behind me. “Pretty badass, right? And I only peed myself a little.” Peering out of