The First Test

"She says she wants a Master, but I need assurances."

We had been chatting online for a while. She finally agreed to meet in person. I planned everything. I hoped everything would work out as planned.She was a little thing, only 5’3” and barely over 100 pounds. I have always...

Neighborly Love Part 3

"Sara Learns a Lesson She Won't Soon Forget"

Continued from Neighborly Love Part 2:I awoke the next morning and found Sara sleeping next to me. She looked so peaceful and serene, undoubtedly exhausted from the previous day’s activities. Seeing her in the spot where my wife usually lay...

HiveMind: Issue 1

"Derrick is forced to attend a school for budding superheroes with no apparent powers. When he discovers his ability is mind control, the power quickly goes to his head."

I sat uncomfortably as the school nurse gazed over my samples under his microscope. His steely gaze and blank expression told me nothing. All I wanted to hear in that moment was that there was a mistake. That I was...

Mask On, Lights Off

"She begged him to break in and take her while she screamed; tonight he’s wearing the mask, and the safeword is the only thing standing between terror and surrender."

She'd asked for this—begged for it, really, over weeks of whispered confessions in the dark. "Make it feel real," Maria had said, her voice catching on the words. "I want to be terrified. I want to fight you and lose....