darkfiction

I kissed Emily in the hallway outside her apartment. The fluorescent tube above was about to die, and it blinked and hummed as it clung to life. “Come inside,” she said, giving me a look that hit below the belt. “I can’t,” I said. The…

“Do you ever look at the stars and wish you could snatch them out of the sky?” Oliver asked. “You know, to keep in a box all for yourself?” “What would you do with a box of stars, Oli?” Trista asked. Oliver shrugged. “I don’t know, change…

I heard the front door burst open and already knew what to expect—Pa was home from the saloon. Ma was already crying, and I could hear the powerful thwack as Pa’s fists struck her. The screams and cries were terrible, almost unbearable.…