Winner of the Prompt: Short Combat. *************** Five soldiers, one cage and only one way to escape. And it won't be easy. But Trent is their captain, their leader. And making sure his men escape the savages that captured them is the easy part. The hard part begins when Trent realises where they really are, and how difficult it will be to get back home.

Wattpad Antihero competition: The Great Escape, Second Place Winner ********************* Grant Kelly is no one's hunter. He works for himself and by himself. He's not even that bothered about the crying children or the impoverished villages. If you can afford him, he can help you. So the only reason he was helping the little village bairn get her little brother back was for the stupid priceless diamond necklace. Not for the glory and certainly not for the trouble it was worth. His world was a wasteland where you would only survive if you had the money to. And Grant wanted the money.

Story for Mertastic

What role does a father play in a daughter's life? Kanak keeps asking herself. Would she be better off by now? Shahid still hopes that someday, she'll let her walls come down. Someday, she would wake up feeling more. As the memories warm Kanak's heart, she takes a decision. A short story of Kanak's journey.

A very, very short story that I'm using to submit to a creative writing class at my University. Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian world where nuclear warfare has caused rampant genetic mutations among the wildlife. The few remaining humans must abide by a simple law to stay alive; hunt, or be hunted.

Haunted by increasingly darker nightmares, Doctor Jared Renfro ignores the nagging in his gut and prepares to turn on the device for the first time. As the portal powers up and shapes begin to take form, he discovers even his darkest dreams did not prepare him for the horror he was unleashing upon the world. Driving his estranged teenage daughter back to the custody of his ex-wife, Nathan Baily laments the failed weekend drawing to its close. As he comes to terms with his life crashing down, a new threat puts the lives of everyone he loves at risk. Is his nearly forgotten training enough to keep them alive? Ten years after the tragic death of her husband, Ashley Cornell finds herself at the very location the murder occurred. As a wave of devastation sweeps over the walls of the military base, a new oath forms in her mind: she will not let this place take the life of her son as well. The Hermes Endeavor follows the stories of twelve people caught in the midst of an invasion only few suspected. Under insurmountable odds, they must learn the true meaning of sacrifice to save all that they hold dear.