SuperChicken

"THE ROOM"He had lived in this place for as long as he'd ever known. Stretching, he rolled over into a comfortable position on the floor. A low rumble echoed through the corridors outside, but these were so frequent that he didn’t notice it most of the time. How long had he been in here now? It was impossible to tell - he did not wear a watch, nor was there a clock in the room. Not even a window could tell him when the sun rose and fell. Time did not bother him anyway. As far as he was concerned, he had been in this room forever, and it was going to stay that way.There was no particular reason to leave the room, nor was there a great reaso...

The 24 Hour FallShe holds me by the hand and looks up with me, all angel eyes, and smiles. A smile that destroys any evil I ever knew. I feel a little odd and out of place as I walk around with Ella at her school. Here she is, a little blonde school girl, with a big old lug like me. She’s the captain of the school’s drama group and the star in the school musical. She giggles at lunchtime with her girlfriends and passes notes during History class; I’m a second year uni student struggling through an IT course. And working at the shopping centre, as a cleaner. And when I’m not doing that, I’m seeing Ella. Seeing a movie, lounging around at ho...

We froze. The beast had risen.I clung to my love, shivering in fear. I had heard of the beast before; it lurked in the dark depths of Hell itself, only emerging to feed on the souls of the innocents. My love had told me terrible tales of its shrieking cry and unfathomable fury.  He was the only person who had survived its attacks, laughing it off like a mere madman. As I heard the quickening thumps of the beast approaching, I marvelled at his bravery and held him tighter.“Don’t be scared,” he whispered.A cold blizzard burst through the enclosure as the beast entered. My jaw dropped in fear at its appearance. The beast had once been a prett...