Trauma born of Sinners.

This is my contest entry for Quelo’s contest “Not everything is as it seems to be.”

I work hard for a living. I couldn’t live up to my parent’s lofty expectations as a kid. In fact, I could hardly call the time I had as a kid a good one. The only person who shared my woes was a kind hearted girl. I thought to myself, ‘As long as she’s with me, we can bear the burden of our parents expectations together.’ That didn’t last long since soon after, ‘she’ had moved. Despite it all, I found my bearings working for a landscaper company with the help of my best bud Jeff.

One of our next big jobs happens to be in Santo Domingo Church. I can’t wait to see how much we’ll get paid working there.

Pistol Mantis

Species: Crustacean, Shrimp Habitat: Oceans, Coasts Disposition: Outgoing, Feisty, Competitive, Prideful, Dense Diet: Spirit energy, meat (usually from their own prey) Clown Shrimp, Crazy Shrimp, and Killer Clown Shrimp are all names used for these colorful and feisty girls. Absolutely none of them should be used within earshot of them. The Pistol Mantis is a…

THE AUTUMN WAR – VOLUME 4: SUCCESSION

Evan and his squad fight their way across a blasted hellscape of trenches and fortifications as they push toward the Queen’s mountain stronghold, intent on delivering a killing blow to the Bugs on Kerguela. With all of their cards on the table, the Coalition fleet must band together and use every tool at their disposal if they want to put an end to the alien occupation of the moon.

The Autumn War – Volume 1: Invasion

The largest Coalition fleet ever assembled descends on the lost colony of Kerguela to liberate it from its insectoid occupiers. On one side of the moon, a Marine takes part in a series of daring landings, while on the other, one of the few survivors of the original invasion hunts down the source of a mysterious signal. Conflict between both friend and foe will strain the alliance to its limits.

Wormhole Ch.13

Finally ready to return to his home base, Jason stops off at a friend’s for a much needed break along the way. Then comes the most dreaded part of his day: confronting Veina and explaining his disappearance to the distraught Demon. Will Jason be greeted with a hug or a another black eye?

Wormhole Ch.12

After Jason’s latest excursion through Wonderland, fate has placed a roadblock in his path. With no trace of the escaped Skarliks, Jason decides to head back home and regroup to determine his next step. But some unexpected company will make his journey back to Vallick much longer than he originally planned.

To Be a Rock and Not to Roll

In the last city, Mammon, the sins of past lives are inked onto the skin of every man, woman, and child with tattoo-like birthmarks. The more skin the markings cover, the deeper their sins, and the less trust they’re given. Trust that Dias Drake, a young man with 24% of his body covered in markings, will need if he wants to realize his dream of becoming an explorer. However, in Mammon, someone that heavily marked will find gaining trust near impossible, and so, a storm rolls over the city when the marked underclass organize.

Shouts and raised fists call for every heart to be counted. Will Dias be counted among the marked in rebelling against the tyrannical SAFE Act, join the unmarked who hold his dream in their hands, or with everything to gain and nothing to lose, will he be able to keep a distant promise to not be blown away with everyone else?