ARK005
ARK005 A SECRET WORLD The sky pales from inky to bruised and we realize we’ve talked through the night. When you grab my hand and take off toward the park, past sleepy bodegas and empty cabs, I realize for the first time that it’s all magic. Some parallel universe I’ve never seen that’s always been right […]
ARK004
ARK004 THE FIRE BURNS The Western Front. My boots are slowly sinking. This trench is my own muddy hell. It’s been weeks since they took out the rest of my platoon, but I’ve managed to keep myself alive. I shake off the stench and dig my rifle back into my shoulder. Through my scope, enemy insignias […]
ARK003
ARK003 A LIGHT IN THE DARK She shakes off the tinnitus and gets to her feet. Debris falling around her like snow. Everything moves in slow motion. A woman is yelling but nothing is audible over her own heartbeat. One foot in front of the other through the smoke – moving determinedly towards the light and […]
ARK002
ARK002 ABSTRACT PLANES A bullet train glides through towering skyscrapers. Dust dances in the late afternoon light. Ballerinas pirouette in sync. Birds fly in formation over an empty beach. Hands finally meet in the dark. The subway bounces a toddler to sleep. She makes a wish as dandelion seeds dance in the breeze. Stars glitter. Crickets […]
ARK001
ARK001 LIKE TEARS IN RAIN I creep through the dark abandoned hallways of the old android factory. The air is dry with electricity and silent except for the crunch of the broken glass beneath my standard issue boot. I should be at ease here in the shadows – they’re all I’ve known since the war ravaged this acid […]