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Category: OctPoWriMo

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Don’t Lose it in The Fray

December 5, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I held his story in my hands and his life too. I would look after it in the coming fray. I knew how to save a life. Continue reading Don’t Lose it in The Fray

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

This night of witch light and woe

December 3, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Take this night of woe, bury it deep below wrapped it in this cold, snowy sheet. This night we return bodies to the dust we all spawned from, back to the black lab where our creator dwells. Continue reading This night of witch light and woe

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Crushed for the first time

December 2, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

For the first time, life went off script, left me staring at the one who’d betrayed me–my crush. Continue reading Crushed for the first time

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Up in Flames

November 30, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I dreamed of a man standing alone in a mountain pass facing an army. He went up in flames. Continue reading Up in Flames

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Melting into a Vision

November 29, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

“You shall not pass.” A tear tracked down his porcelain cheek a moment before he exploded. Continue reading Melting into a Vision

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo

You Are a Memory

November 27, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I refused to go gentle into that goodnight. I would go cursing and carving my way through the enemy until I expelled my last breath. Continue reading You Are a Memory

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

free falling

November 26, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I was free falling without a hope,
without a lifeline to rope me in,
riding a unicorn sliding down a slick slope
towards a melee and a fantasy trope
Continue reading free falling

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Recreational Betrayal

November 25, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I read the answer in his eyes,
skimmed the lies twisting his tongue. Continue reading Recreational Betrayal

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Cold by the Floodgates

November 23, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I read on seeking a connection, finding it and the losing it each time he speaks to me. Continue reading Cold by the Floodgates

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Pain, My Love, and My Tribe

November 22, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

We’re strong enough to face a tribe called pain. Society told me love always prevails. Continue reading Pain, My Love, and My Tribe

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Monday Melted Me

November 21, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

My perceptions are winnowing,
contracting
to the chalk outline tying
me to this spot where something
delivered me into Death’s hands. Continue reading Monday Melted Me

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Lady Wise

November 16, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Sweet serendipity,
Lady wise and sylvan,
remove our iniquity
so we’re people of the Plan. Continue reading Lady Wise

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Not the Tenerife Sea

November 14, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Gray waves rolled onto a pale shore.
Not Tenerife sea for sure.
I’m heartsore
hurting evermore
from the confusion and more. Continue reading Not the Tenerife Sea

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Memory’s Shell Game

November 13, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Who was I? Was I a member of the suit-and-tie wearing corporate class or a sword-swinging man in a metal cuirass? Continue reading Memory’s Shell Game

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Stepping on Speaking Hens

November 12, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

I’m out of my depth,
out of my league,
stepping on speaking hens
who prophesy doom. Continue reading Stepping on Speaking Hens

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