Category Archives: Choose Your Own Adventure

You’re feeling brave, and decide you will investigate. You carefully climb the stairs, listening for the noise. It hasn’t gone away, and now that you are closer you are almost certain it is TV static. You come upon a hall with three doors, and after checking the first two, discover that the sound is coming from the third. Continue reading “Investigate”

A burst of adrenaline allows you to break free of the skeletons’ grasps and run out of your bedroom. You grab your phone on the way and hastily call 911, making up some story about an intruder in your house because you know they will not listen if you tell them the truth. You waitContinue reading “Run Away”

You can only find the strength to speak. In a croaking voice, you ask, “What do you want?”  The skeleton leans closer, sending shivers down your spine. The bed feels rough beneath you, and the smell of dirt fills your nose. The skeleton’s face is right by yours when it says in a voice like ice,Continue reading “Speak”

You pick the shortcut, wanting to end this and get back to safety as soon as possible. You tell Honza to floor it, and he obeys. The car tears down the road, but when you look back the skeletons are still hot on your tail. You pray silently to every god you can think of, hopingContinue reading “The Shortcut”

You pick the long way, hoping to lose the skeletons before Honza or anyone else notices them. Once you get back to town, this nightmare will be over.  You think.  Honza turns down the road and after ten minutes the sight of houses in the distance eases your nerves. The road is rockier, but safer. You pass theContinue reading “The Long Way”

You decide to go with the safer, smarter option, and use your phone’s remaining battery power to call your friend Honza for help. He’s a nerdy professional clarinetist who doesn’t have the best people skills, but you’ve known him for a long time and can count on him when you’re in a pinch. You explain to him that you wereContinue reading “Call for Help”

Ignoring your instincts again, you creep closer to the mine and activate your phone’s flashlight. You walk up to the cart and look inside, finding a few unrefined gems—ruby, quartz, sapphire. After checking that no one is around, you tuck a few of them into your pocket.  Another sign lays in the dirt, rusted and covered inContinue reading “Into the Mine”