The Try Hard Writer

Saturday is a day of exploration. Akari had made that commitment when she moved out of Tokyo just two weeks prior. No more would it be a day of wasted sunlight and unfilled purpose to be spent lounging on the couch reading about life instead of going out to experience it. During the five years […]

Hey there, you are my number neighbor! You don’t have to reply. Just hope you have a good day (Me) Lol thanks. Hi. (418-555-1927) What is a number neighbor? (418-555-1927) Lol sorry. It’s a Twitter thing.  I didn’t think you’d answer to be honest. (Me) Gotcha. I don’t use Twitter much. Too political. (418-555-1927) I […]

When feral hogs first started trending on Twitter back in 2019 everyone treated it like it was a joke. There was a bloom of memes and misquotes lighting up our screens to keep our minds occupied from the real danger, how could anyone take it seriously? It’s amazing how quickly a group of 30-50 feral […]

Nathan tucked the bundle delicately down into his pack. The shop keep frowned down at him, ringing her cleaning rag in her hands and glancing out the window for the hundredth time since he had entered the shop.                “I’ll be fine Jess, stop worrying.”                “I can’t help it, it’s in my nature to […]

How I ever managed to fall asleep was a complete mystery. Between my advanced training and my advanced anxiety I had never been on good terms with sleep. But now as my alarm buzzed at me I couldn’t bear to get out of bed. I hit the snooze without even opening my eyes. There wasn’t […]

Any normal teen would have hated my job. Trapped inside an office building all summer cleaning, watching the world walk past the window. I wasn’t a normal teen though and every minute spent outside of the Institute for Gifted Youth, or The Compound as the residents liked to call it, was rejuvenating. Pyre, real name […]

All and all, I thought that the end of the world was going to be more interesting. I always thought the world would go out with a bang. Giant meteors coming at us from the far reaches of space to snuff us out like the dinosaurs or under a barrage of bombs set off by […]

Bick pushed the hatch closed on the back of his beat up Jeep Cherokee, sending up a little prayer that he hadn’t overloaded his old friend as the latch clasped shut with a satisfying snap. He walked around the front and pushed the keys into the ignition, giving the car a little gas to bring […]

Blight Falls is a town not on any map and that doesn’t house even a single waterfall in its thick forest surrounding. Also the description of “town” was a generous stretch. Sure there was a main street but all of the shops were suddenly closed if you looked directly at them. And yes, okay there […]

I am not usually a liar, honestly my mamma taught me better. But now mamma is gone and daddy too. So when applications opened up for the Mars Habitation Program what was a single, orphaned loser with a dream (and no experience) supposed to do? I could have faked having agriculture experience much more easily […]