Tag Archive: skin

May 03

Cale – May 3rd post

“I know Jude would agree. But we still need to narrow down the theories with case studies and test results.” The moment Cale’s skin broke under the needle’s pressure, he began to feel different. A cold ache swelled in his arm and clawed across his body. At first, it stole the breath from his lungs, …

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Feb 10

Cale – Feb 10th post

The smell called to him, drawing him in. But the thing… the creature held him riveted in terror. It knelt with its back turned. Wet coughing sounds floated over its shoulders and landed on Cale’s skin in arctic pin-pricks. Pounding louder and louder, the beat quickened. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Gaps of darkness shrank in the blinking …

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Jan 10

Cale – Jan 10th post

Pursing his lips in thought, Jude nodded. “Why, indeed” he whispered; scratching the stubble around a humorless smile of indecision. Finally, Jude sighed loudly and attempted to explain. “You suffered in the fire of the rising sun. Your skin—your body—smoldered from the exposure to sunlight.” The boy cringed; trying to shake off the imprint of …

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