Wrong Station

At four in the morning, I awoke writhing in pain. It was a hunger like nothing I’d felt up to that point. Like a force o... Read more

It was an hour past sunset, which in this land is earlier than you might think it, when there was a knock on our door. N... Read more

She was walking home on one of the snowiest nights of the year, she tells me. She kind of loses track of time, and event... Read more

I am currently standing in the biomedical laboratories of the *REDACTED*—or simply the Institute, as I shall here on ref... Read more

“We just sail through.”And so we did. No flash, no psychedelic effects, it was like walking through a door. On one side,... Read more

“Your son must be initiated,” said the shaman, Shiao-Duun. “For his sake and yours. You are all too young to remember th... Read more

Things have been pretty good since the war ended. Energy is a lot cheaper, and that drives down the price on pretty much... Read more

The Badalisc is an Epiphany-time tradition, a creature that visits towns and gives a comedic speech where it talks about... Read more

She would stand in purple darkness, back pressed against one of the marble pillars supporting the window’s arch, and str... Read more

Fallen leaves swirl beneath the feet of devils, witches, and demons. Flame is put to ten hundred thousand wicks, making ... Read more

Not every story has an end, or a beginning. Every day we glean half-stories, based on half-memories of half-facts. Catha... Read more

Don’t worry though. I know I look a little intimidating to everyday people, but I promise there’s a reason for the way I... Read more

“But that’s not fair,” she whispered. Her grandmother grinned at her, mouth very wide, long yellow-grey teeth clicking a... Read more

Later, I found out it was the coldest that day had been in a hundred years. I’m convinced I nearly died on the road that... Read more

The rest of her pregnancy was without complication. The town marvelled; many had been sure she would die. But she had pi... Read more

It had been empty for as long as anyone could remember, and even in my brightest early memories of the neighbourhood I g... Read more

And then, some strange, lingering sense of wrongness resolved itself into a realization. The people at this party were s... Read more

Now I’d been in that camp fer 'bout six months, an' Jack’d been there fer 'bout four, an' it was me'n'im together what f... Read more

I went through sort of a rough patch when I was younger, and one summer I ended up in one of those outdoor education pro... Read more

"It’s dangerous to face them alone. You must have others with you, others you trust, even if it puts them in danger." Th... Read more