The Maze

The four had been searching for a way out of the windowless, hinge-less room for hours. Jordan paused her fingering of the padded wall to check over her shoulder. The other three searched at the far end of the big open room.

“Yes! Found something! It’s a button!” one of them said.

“Push it!” said another.

CHHHSSSHHHT. CLICK-CLANK. A panel emerged from the wall like a pocket door and slid across the floor. Everyone froze, watching it lock in place to create a new wall in the big open room.

The Directive

This story is by Kimberly Dawn Rempel and was part of our 2017 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the Spring Writing Contest stories here. The Directive Panting, he stepped back into the shadow of a metal dumpster just as he heard the Overseers arrive at the alley entrance. Ethan’s heart pounded as beams…

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