Reality Bites - Part 1

[Picture] The day had been bleak, it was spring but the world felt much darker, much more gloomy than a normal spring day might otherwise. All of this because Ryder couldn’t get out of his own head. He...

Reality Bites - Part 2

[Picture] Drenched, from head to ribbon’s end, Ryder jolted awake—another night stolen by the same nightmare. His shirt clung to his skin, heavy with sweat. He pulled it off and dragged the fabric across...

Reality Bites - Part 3

[Picture] All Ryder could do was toss and turn all night yet again. Nothing had changed and it had been countless nights of this hell. Ryder awoke in a pool of sweat, eyes completely red and irritated....

Shadow Self - Part 1

[Picture] [Image description] A week had passed since Ryder decided he was going to work through this tribulation alone and he was doing an excellent job at hiding all the changes his body was going...

Shadow Self - Part 2

[Picture] Ryder came awake in the dark, blinking and panting heavily in a pool of his own sweat. The nightmare was finally over. He laid in the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, attempting to catch...

The Dreamscape - Part 1

[Picture] The day always started and ended the same way. The sound of agony could be heard all around. Moaning and groaning, clanking of metal, water dripping from pipes onto the cobblestone floor. All...