This story contains themes or mentions of suicide or self harm. (There was originally 4500 words in this) Dear Stranger, We haven’t met but I’m Theseus King, I live next door to you. You’re moving in today, as I write to you, you’re chasing around a boy who I’m assuming is your brother. While … Read more
The forbidden glade was so high in the uninhabitable reaches of Cloudbreaker that some snow never melted, its secrets held by the mountain, undisturbed by the seasons. A young man, or maybe a grown boy, paced its perimeter, peering into the dense forest, anticipating ermine against emerald, the flash of her coat amongst trees. He, … Read more
She was the last to leave the classroom… at least she thought she was… when the door slammed shut behind her. Lights click off, darkness swallowed the room, her scream cuts through silence. She pounded the door, voice cracking, panic rising. A low voice comes from the shadows… her rival. She freezes, recognizing it. Anger … Read more
The day the moving truck coughed into the cul‑de‑sac, the old house woke like a dog hearing keys. Pipes clanked, the stair rubbed its aching knee, the front door pulled a draft across the hall as if sniffing. Poppy knew its moods better than she knew her own. She had grown up here, grown invisible … Read more
This story contains themes or mentions of suicide or self harm. Linguistic Sacrifice Sebastian hated summer. Students were noticeably absent, the halls devoid of any true joy. The Veil was cast only during the school year, allowing those on Erebus Academy grounds to exist temporarily in a liminal space. Until it was cast … Read more