Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Jon paused on the hillside, one booted foot on a rock. He glanced over his shoulder...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Amanda left Ben’s door open so her dog could wander in and out to the garden. She...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Charlotte tried to concentrate on her book, but she couldn’t. She kept glancing out...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Why did Amanda have to let go of her brother? Panic rose in her chest. She knew if...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben let go of his sister’s hand. She jumped back in the armchair, hugging her hand...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben paced his apartment while Charlotte sat on the sofa, hugging her knees watching...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben woke, feeling a weight pushing down on his chest. He moved his hands and felt...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Jon awoke feeling like he hadn’t slept, with a mind full of distorted dreams about...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben couldn’t stop shaking. Seeing the house he’d grown up in had thrown him straight...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben practically skipped through his day. He’d had a lunchtime pizza date with...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben lapsed, panic creeping up around his throat, yet it passed rather than paralyze...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger “Are you going to come and sit down, Ben?” Edward says. My thoughts switch from...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Where is Charlotte? She hasn’t shown up for work since the afternoon I was supposed...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Charlotte isn’t responding to my messages or answering her phone. I don’t know what...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger I can’t stop staring at Kate and she hasn’t stopped staring at me. She’s statuesque,...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger '”Kate, Kate.” I hear Edward scream my name in his sleep, though I died months ago....

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben wanted his shift to last forever, and at the same time to be over five minutes...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger Ben gripped the piece of paper Edward had given him, studying the two names of the...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger House had become too hungry. The lack of people to feed on created cracks in its...

Story by Liane Carter Illustration by E.J. Klepinger “Charlotte. Charlotte, Gary’s dead,” Frank said. Frank had been talking for a while...