Author Archives: Chad

Noon. The doors opened one final time and an usher came out and stood silently beside the door, holding it open. A few eyes turned to the door, but nobody made any move to enter. The usher shifted his feet … Continue reading →

Eloa bounded the steps two at a time. He stopped for a moment at the top of the stairs to catch his breath. He wanted to appear calm, level-headed. He wouldn’t be taken seriously if he roared in, wild-eyed and … Continue reading →

It was a warm evening. Many students were out, strolling around the campus or sitting in groups on the luscious grass, enjoying the final surge of summer. Eloa and Yrial had already walked around the small pond at the center … Continue reading →

“I don’t know how you can say that with a straight face.” Yrial didn’t respond. Her eyes narrowed and her lips pursed, but Eloa either didn’t notice or didn’t care. “It’s a fairy tale, a myth. Nothing more,” he continued. … Continue reading →

Mirena ran her fingers slowly through Eloa’s hair just behind his ear. She would start near the top of his ear and work her way down to just where the hair ended at the neck, a process that lasted about … Continue reading →

What are our options? We don’t have any options. We’re on a collision course. Either we move or it does. Or kaboom. And we’re not moving. So we’ll have to move it. Right. Only there’s no way to do that.

The first few hours would have been a time of great joy and wonder if they hadn’t known what was coming next. Many smaller fragments of the giant asteroid had been blasted away from the main body during the futile … Continue reading →

Eloa’s mind reeled. This couldn’t have happened. The entire room was turned completely upside down. He hadn’t even recognized the place at first, but as he focused on small recognizable items amidst the mess strewn throughout the house, he knew … Continue reading →

He wasn’t sure why he had offered to walk her home. The words had come out of his mouth and she had accepted before he realized what was happening. Sure, he thought, the streets are more dangerous now than they … Continue reading →