Memento Mori

It was New Year’s Eve in Manhattan, 1999, and someone was about to die. Albert slammed his hand down on the bar, body already wavering back and forth. He slumped his elbows onto the bartop in a vain attempt to make himself look more sober while he gave an upward head nod whenever a bartender […]

The Plague (Retired)

The damp smell of earth and mold irritated my nose. The waiting area dripped water from the ceiling onto rotten church pews that were stacked erratically in the hallway. It was cluttered and the floor was covered in debris, but that was pretty typical for most elementary schools in this layer of Hell. The sections […]

Loser

For hundreds of years, my ancestors were heroes. 14th Century England, my ancestor Henry Le Despenser led his army against the rebel uprising of the Peasants Revolt in Norfolk. He stopped an onslaught of rebels with his bare hands, according to my Father. In the 16th Century, Lord Maxwell collided with a rival clan Johnstone […]