PRL Serials

  • The Master in: The Ill Nights – Issue 1 – Threats Abound

    “What can I do?” Issac was in a place of light and even in the form his consciousness took in that place, he felt the heat of his surroundings. Issac’s body was in the Museum of Aphro-Arcana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but he manifested a replica of his body in that realm of light through…

  • Make That Change (Matt Costa) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    A PRL Anthology Series There is a  building being constructed in the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, home of Winthrop University. The site of construction is at the corner of Cherry Rd and Oakland Ave, where the Archives and Special Collections building still stands; it seems that contractors hope to extend the building for…

  • They Live – August 19, 20XX End of Chapter 1

    August 19, 20XX The last news that Rodney Coffey received from his daughter and eldest child, Lashon, was good news. It made Rodney so happy that he forgot about his nightly routine of waiting until he was sure that his sons were asleep or lost in video games or movies in their rooms, before turning…

  • The House of Sorrows 1. End of Chapter 1

    “She’s not doing well,” the graduate student, whose name was Alex, said to Dr. Geoffrey a few days after their first group session.  They were in the doctor’s office on the top floor of Dix that had the most privacy from patients. Dr. Geoffrey frowned as he looked past Alex and into nothing, collecting his…

  • Selections from Rebel Max’s Journal (Vol 1 2021 Annual) – Issue 1 – PTSD

    I was born in Ladoga in the late nineties, around the time the state of North Carolina’s population ballooned from the injection of migrants, mostly from Mexico, into the state. There are a lot of theories as to why there was such a dramatic growth in the migrant population, but the one that I think…

  • Water (Bishop Briggs) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    The human body is about sixty percent water. It’s a deceptive figure because we see our bodies as solid things moving through space and water is a fluid that only finds rigidity at cold temperatures.  But blood fills our veins, and our cells are full of water that is important for the absorption of nutrients.…

  • They Live – February 19, 20XX 1.

    February 19, 20XX They were human beings. Rodney Coffey spoke with his daughter at least once a week after their first initial call and usually, he was disappointed that there was no news about when she’d be able to return home from Europe. He was always anxious before answering her calls and he would say…

  • God Might Judge (Logic) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    She knows that he isn’t a nice man, but when she sees him, something deep inside of her comes alive.  Nice is boring. Nice is accomodating and listens to excuses.  Shantay is used to nice. She is always the nicest receptionist at the company where she works and if she keeps it up, she’ll be…

  • The House of Sorrows 1. continued ii

    On the first day of group therapy, Dr. Geoffrey smiled around at everyone. They met on the first floor and even though they had all moved into Dix Hill a few weeks prior, this was their first formal introduction to one another in a group session. “I hope that you all are as excited as…

  • Bohemian Trapsody (Logic) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    Telford Greene was a drug dealer.  After he graduated from college in 2008 with a degree in English literature, he found work in an office drafting letters for an attorney. It was part-time and his father had to beg the attorney, who was a high school friend, to hire Telford. There weren’t many job opportunities…