FREAKS — Installment #14

Felix pounded away at the punching bag while Jasper sparred with Mrs. Jacobs on the mats. Jasper dodged and ducked more than half of her blows, and deflected many more. While he never came away without a few bruises and sore muscles, Mrs. Jacobs would wind up walking away in the same condition. Often she […]

FREAKS — Installment #12

Felix’s heart fluttered and skipped a beat, his whole body feeling light and warm, the rush of blood through him palpable. He controlled his breaths methodically, rhythmically. He focused on moving with Daphne. Every move she made, he followed her lead. She kept one step ahead of him the whole time, ready to keep going […]

FREAKS — Installment #9

Felix thought he was dreaming at first. While he slept with his back to Catalina’s, both of them resting on the padded duffel bag and in their jackets, he heard a faint humming that pierced his dreams. One second, he sat astride a two-headed bear with Jasper walking next to him, the curvature of a […]

FREAKS — Installment #8

Felix stood in his mother’s office, waiting on her to hand him the sealed files to be delivered to the archives. He was counting on it. After a few more signatures and a couple minor edits, she printed off the paperwork, put it in the binder, labeled it, signed it, and handed it over to […]

FREAKS — Installment #6

Inside, they saw the most incomprehensible laboratory of wonders. Felix entered first, looking around in awe of the room. A huge metal table at least thirty feet long was packed with chemistry equipment that seemed familiar, but clearly had no normal human origin. Beakers, flasks, pasteurizers, compact centrifuges, there didn’t seem to be an item […]

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