TODAY'S RANDOM PROMPT: What is a top priority for you right now? Prioritizing is not my strength. Lists are meant to be made and then...

TODAY'S RANDOM PROMPT: What is the weirdest name you can come up with? If you had to give a character a really, really unusual name, what...

A teenage girl and 9-year old boy who have been missing since 1983 were found and reunited with their parents two days ago when they...

Archie was gone. Jane was gone. Suzanne. The grays. Even the room where Archie was on the table. All gone. The light that had once...

Nathan couldn’t fathom what would provoke such an attack by those men. They shot his brother who was now deep in the woods inside the...

A second shot echoed across the yard followed closely by the screams of Nathan’s parents. The grays stood their ground as Nathan ran to...

They heard men downstairs speaking with their parents. Only snippets of conversation could be made out. The voices were tense and...

“We have to go find her,” Archie said. “We have to go to the light.” “What do you know about the light?” Nathan asked. “What did you see...

Nathan knew Jane’s parents suspected he had something to do with Jane’s disappearance. The look in their eyes as they sat across from him...

Nathan’s parents eyed one another with unease. The tension in the room tightened and the air was thick with awkward silence. Nathan’s...

Nathan woke up. Panic gripped his body and he whipped his head around to determine his surroundings. He was in a bed, that much he knew....

Jane came to. Slowly, at first. Groggy. Once she was reminded of her circumstances, she scrambled to her feet and faced Susan. “What did...

Jane could not speak. That was clear to Nathan. She opened her mouth but only choking sounds came out. Nathan wanted to fight, to rescue...

“I’m so glad you’re here!” Susan’s voice sounded practically joyous. “You must be Jane.” She hugged Jane with a tight squeeze and...

Nathan and Jane stood at the edge of the woods. Even in the bright sunshine they were foreboding to Nathan. He did not share Jane’s...

A few weeks had passed since Susan Carpenter visited Nathan. Media coverage waned. He didn’t see her story on television as much. The...

Susan Carpenter stood in the snow wearing a black peacoat over her pajamas. Her red nose and shivering chin told Nathan she had been in...

Everyone knew where the Carpenter’s lived. The curious drove or walk past their house hoping to catch a glimpse of the girl from the...

The head was oval with large black eyes. No pupils. Its skin looked smooth and gray in color. That was all Nathan remembered before all...

The thing walked toward the house from the field, seemingly unimpeded by the snow under its feet. Nathan swallowed hard, his gut knotted....