The eerie silence was the ordinary part of this cruel night. The wind glistens fire. Hellfire. It pours down like rain covering every inch of land. There was nowhere left to hide. No one left to save. Except for me. A superhuman with the power of water. My mother always told me it would come in handy someday. My whole family left earth with goodbyes forever stuck on their tongues. This was not…

Short Story: Human Love

Once it was told that the journey matter, not the destination. Who cares where you’re going? Why was love, a villain? Many questions with silent replies. Birthdays turned to tragedies, love to lust. Each year on sixteen birthdays, my family visits Mrs. Witcha, the disgrace of life. Also the fortune-teller of Darksville. Welcome to darkness.

¨Are you sure we have to go?¨ I asked with desperation…

Short Story: Pretty Imperfections

In someone else’s war, the field is their battlefield. In mine, my face is always the enemy. No one has the cure to fix it and there is no end. It’s a forever issue. At times, I would glance up at my parent’s with astonished anger.

“Why was I born like this, when my sisters’ faces were beautiful, exquisite?” That was my constant question.

Disappointment falls over their faces taking over like a…