where dreams go to die in obscurity
Today was full of promise until the gun burned her hand. She was a spirit guide who lived in a conch shell, not a professional hitman. So the body continued to cool at her feet, and she stood there while embryonic dreams of glory shattered around her. Murderer… She should do something. Thursday was dead by her hand, and Friday was coming. There was a tempest trapped in her chest, whirling around an eye of guilt. Why hadn’t her rage cooled? It still burned hot as a summer morning. Where was the emptiness that’s supposed to come with killing? Why … Continue reading where dreams go to die in obscurity
Introducing The More Epic V
Start No Fires. Carry No Weapons. Do No Harm Those three rules safeguarded countless generations of travelers through the enchanted forest—until they didn’t. One boy’s murder ripped open a gateway allowing evil to enter. Now no one is safe from corruption. Enchanted trees take Sarn to where the forest failed to uphold its rules. Seeing a dead child gifted with the same magic as his son unhinges Sarn. He vows to find out the truth no matter what the cost. But his gift is untrained. Finding answers won’t be easy. Sarn must balance nights serving the Rangers with days dedicated to hiding … Continue reading Introducing The More Epic V
O, Guardian Dear
O Guardian dear Life’s sweetness is lost consumed by sorrow. Keep grief from ruling all my tomorrows. O, Guardian dear – from the dedication for Curse Breaker 2: Faceted Continue reading O, Guardian Dear
Secrets do sleep
Secrets do sleep if they’re little boys tired from a day of adventuring but not the parent hiding them – The More Epic V #dspoetry #v Candor can do as much damage as secrecy. See how destructive the truth can be in Curse Breaker: Trapped (forthcoming) #TastyPoem The colors truth paints w/are so alluring yet still secrecy mystifies lures me back 2 the dark side my lips part I become Null – Aralore in Curse Breaker: Haunted coming soon. #BecomingFragile ~ Because she likes flowers ~ She could could not like sharp things or winged things that sting. Continue reading Secrets do sleep
Black Eyes of an Empty Soul Purging its sunlit, spotless mind
She had such vim, maybe it was the eternal sunshine bleaching her mind. Making it spotless. Maybe all that light adumbrated the black eyes of an empty soul purging its pain. #madverse #TLpoetry #darklines Even now the shadows reach for her, offering purity through poison. The delicate trust she placed in the fifty shades of pink belling out behind her like a parachute catching the wind. Would it lift her high enough to escape the unbreakable chains streaking after her? Would her black heart prevail over the sunniness she’d tried to cultivate? Surely love could not conquer a heart so divided. Beautiful … Continue reading Black Eyes of an Empty Soul Purging its sunlit, spotless mind
Have you seen our book? We might have lost it…
Hi Readers! Sorry it took us so long to get back to you. We didn’t mean to leave you hanging. Well I didn’t, but I’m just a kid in the most epic fictional story since…eh…never mind that. I’m back now, and I hope you had a great holiday with lots of barbecues and maybe a few dragons. Gotta spread the reptilian love. 😉 When you last saw us, we had acquired a mysterious gem that showered us in luminous words. My uncle had put the education my dad’s financing for him to good use and read some of those words. … Continue reading Have you seen our book? We might have lost it…
Sunward
#DimpleVerse #hangtenstories Sunward the sunbird soared, trailing all our hopes and dreams. #ShapePoetry His eyes illuminate the twisting darkness seeking the truth behind a murder & the evil it unleashed –The More Epic V #TheSmellOfWords He averted his luminous eyes, so they wouldn’t see who his silence hid–his son. –The More Epic V #WrittenRiver His son’s the brightest spot on the map of his heart that bold little boy lights his dark world –The More Epic V Continue reading Sunward
Elf vs. Prophecy
#kissedwrists #inpoems #TheSmellOfWords #CStarPrompts Denim & high heels clad an elf with something to prove. She hailed an eagle in flight. He dipped a wing and wheeled overhead. “Daughter of trees, why did you call me?” “Must something die so we may live?” “Why do you want to know that?” “Because there’s a prophesy and I mean to prove it wrong.” “Why bother?” He sailed past again amused by their exchange. “Because all this,” she waved to the metropolis sparking in the sun. A slash in spacetime framed it with flickering tendrils of white. “Is prophesied to die and that’s … Continue reading Elf vs. Prophecy
One touch, one galactic crown
#DsubVerse W/the 1st touch she came alive lightning streaked her skin gilding it as she writhed gasped 4 the sweet air flowing past her lips #benthalos Her grifting days ended when she was re-lifed on a paradise. No need to steal or beg when plenty surrounded her. Fortune favors the intrepid but so do the enemy’s lasers. #hangtenstories No ardor so enflames the heart in the heat of battle like seeing the Intrepid crash kick up lunar dust. #ohjDailyWords #ohj #WrittenRiver We wield the power to crush worlds Extinguish lives in a cold lightless void Heavy is the mind that … Continue reading One touch, one galactic crown
The upstart witch vs the silent wolf of hell
Ah THE DECADENCE OF SUMMER- Chocolate ices, sleeping in the sun, no thoughts of work just drifting as the clouds do. #SummerPoems #sableswanv Uninvited she was but not uninitiated. Her red cloak fell outside the witches’ circle. 13 crones glared at the blond upstart. She stood transfixed by the feline familiar of the leader agog & yet drawn 2 its power she advanced hand extended 2 take its powr #tastypoem #MSpoetry Her hand sank into his sable fur palliating the pain. Youthful she might look but its just a spell. Old age gnaws on her bones. But the cat had … Continue reading The upstart witch vs the silent wolf of hell
Earth vs deadly silver nightshade
#madverse He’s entombed Bound in ivy Held hostage for all time His power’s draining into the world that bears his name– Earth. #madVerse Thru the light less womb of space she flies a huntress searching for prey deadly Silver Nightshade always gets her way #madVerse But she’s rendered mute by the ivy wrapped gift in the tomb save the earth or hunt it? she taps her blade as she considers. Continue reading Earth vs deadly silver nightshade
Hell vs the violinist
#darktale “You can’t suppress us.” “Yes, we can.” Dirt slides into a hole leading where no man wants to go. One push & I fall into hell. #dewverse There was a ghostly beauty 2 Hell & the Ragnorak she caused at the end of all things I found serenity in destroying the Ancients. #dewverse Music, herself, weeped as the grand concert halls collapsed. A single violinist dared to stand against Hell. His bow sang her doom. #dewverse A chunk of plaster fell he bore down on the strings his song moved the earth a stone hand extruded from the rubble … Continue reading Hell vs the violinist
Truth, gems and the American way
#writtenriver The truth fought to break free but he kept silent & his silence protected his son. – The More Epic V #IntrigueVerse When Life storms You can rage against it From inside Or get out in it and live. Life’s for the brave Not the bench warmers #hangtenstories When enchanted trees lean, run, for the dark Lord cometh. – The More Epic V #DarkLines He fingered the prayer beads Each one was a separate promise 2 a broken child struggling 2 breathe -CB3: Haunted coming soon #haikuthrowdown #mdspoemaday4 #haikuchallenge Dust bit another One–sent him six feet under A blanket … Continue reading Truth, gems and the American way
Cursed lines
#MSpoetry Unmasking the villain broke his heart. He should have listened to it’s warnings. – The More Epic V #TastyPoem Stopping the villain Had taken all he had he was a burned out candle Guttering in pain –The More Epic V #microprompt Weak from searching, he hugged his bold little boy & took strength from his adoration –The More Epic V #BeautifulMess He had to go back out there, separate fact from fantasy or he’d never resolve this –The More Epic V Continue reading Cursed lines
A Cursed #PoemTrail
#poemtrail His master lorded his superiority over his indentured mage never realizing it was false. –The More Epic V #poemtrail His pride was more precious to him than the brother he alienated. –The More Epic V #poemtrail The creature’s audacious smile made Sarn’s blood run cold. “Leave my son alone.” –The More Epic V #poemtrail Their gazes locked. His magic revealed a surrealistic reflection of a friend’s betrayal –The More Epic V Continue reading A Cursed #PoemTrail
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