The Cost of SilenceHe was always there. In her mind, she saw him standing tall and silent, like the stone that now bore his name. She tried to stay away, but something always pulled her back. Day after day, she crossed the worn grass, pushed open the creaking gate and knelt by his side ( Read more... )

MistAs day fades into night, mist wafts slowly across the landscape, like a possessive ghost sliding through the halls of its chosen home. Gently it flows across the still surface of a pond, tangles itself in reeds and grasses and extends delicate tendrils between the trees into the darkness beyond ( Read more... )

Dream of LossOne moment she was there in his arms, the next she wasn’t, her being as insubstantial as shadow. A pang of hopelessness overwhelmed Marc as she disappeared. He reached out for her, but there was nothing to touch. His hand fell away empty, and he drifted again, falling deeper into darkness ( Read more... )

She tried, failed, and tried again.

Blood speckles the snow, footsteps retreat.

Serial marriage gets expensive and confusing.

Ground splits, fire erupts, panic ensues.