Stories tagged “crystal”

  • Alone No Longer

    “Arthur, you’ve made an amazing discovery, and deserve recognition, but you can’t be serious.” “You don’t understand. This isn’t for me, this is for everybody. I have to spread the word of the Crystal.” “So, you are going to create a ...

  • Falling from Crystal

    “He has fallen, and he shall be recognized as anathema. None shall touch him, none shall know him, all his previous good works shall be tainted with his betrayal. Henceforth, he shall only be known as Abaddon.” The pronunciation echoed thro...

  • It Pays The Bills

    Cal’s mother, Crystal, woke up around 12:30. She noticed Cal wasn’t home and his truck was gone. She sighed. Some days she wondered if she was doing right by him. She drank a mug of coffee and stared out at the back yard. It needed mowed. S...

  • Intertwined

    She jumped at the sound of the door, whirling around and wielding a strawberry corer. Her face went from furious to merely angry when she realized it was only her son coming home. “Ooo, Your Father had better not come through that door! Lock it!&...

  • Ashes Remain: Prologue Part 2

    Quivering digits turned the pale photograph over, my crystal orbs studying it’s backside. A short sigh of breath escaped as I turned the picture over once again. I stood, my gray suit jacket rustling against the wooden chair that I had just sat o...

  • Winter's Crystal

    The old man’s hands are pallid blue, emaciated and tired. His walking stick in hand, he pierces ice and mud, blood and bone beneath his feet. He cries out to those who know him, but they turn away with frosty scowls. He staggers onward. He pauses...