Stories tagged “symbols”

  • The Tunnels

    “Taste this.” Amy held a spoon over the mouth of an elder male who was covered in blankets inside a tunnel. The man sat up looking through the darkness; he spotted a couple sitting in the corner holding onto each other and saw Amy kneeling ...

  • Letters, Numbers, and Symbols

    Caroline turned the key hesitantly. As the door to the dingy apartment squeaked open, she gasped quietly. The only light was an uncovered bulb in the kitchen; papers and books covered every inch of the apartment. Dirty wallpaper covered the walls and w...

  • No One In Particular

    Steven sat on his couch surrounded by unopend medicine bottles. He rocked back and forth and sobbed silently, his eyes on his sister’s body. Caroline was on the floor, motionless in a growing puddle of blood. Steven grabbed the closest pill bottl...

  • Apartment 704

    Killing, whether being done by a man or observed, takes away one’s humanity. Killing another human being is akin to leaping off a tall building in the concrete jungle; it should not be taken lightly. When you see the spark go out in someone’...

  • Details, Details, Details

    “This is it?” Kilrain asks in confusion. The probie, startled, just nods his head. “There’s an elderly women who lives next door, that’s who called it in.” the probie says, answering Kilrain’s next question,...