He couldn’t stop after just one flight. He knew he should have, just as he knew, if he wanted to keep himself concealed, that he should never have taken that first flight. Using his Talent, though — truly using it — had become something like an addiction. He felt like someone who’d been bound to … Continue reading The Woman in the Sky
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Unique
The bullet begins to slide out of the barrel. People, in general, have a hard time gauging their own uniqueness. There’s a confluence of factors that cause this, one of which being the fact that many people have a drive and a desire to be unique. Some people take this further than others — artists … Continue reading Unique
First Flight
The first time Avery flew was in the dead dark of a winter night, while his mother and a good portion of the city were fast asleep in their warm beds. Trembling with the fear that his mother might awaken to discover him preparing to leave — or worse, that she would be awake when … Continue reading First Flight
Serrano Sidewalk
“Where do you think you’re going, skinny?” “Yeah, pretty boy. Where you going?” Tobias flushed, but he kept walking. Engaging with the girls would only encourage them. If he ignored them, they might leave him alone. “Hey, we’re talking to you,” one of them said. He didn’t want to look back at them. That would … Continue reading Serrano Sidewalk
The Second Monster
Kain fell through the air. Buildings streamed past on either side of him as he zig-zagged in arcs over the street, constantly shifting what down meant for him so that he fell toward a building on one side of the street or another. Below him, people fled along the street in the opposite direction. Traffic … Continue reading The Second Monster