The Walker
Trees reached out, arching over her head and their branches melted into the night. She walks alone except for the bright coin of a moon and the cold pricks of starlight studding the cloudless sky. Continue reading The Walker
Category: short story
Frozen Cherries, Cashews and a Twist of Trouble
(This is a work of flash fiction. Enjoy!) I sat eating frozen cherries and cashews with one knee cocked ‘cause I lost my job after just one night. Okay, you caught me. There might be some dark chocolate too. What’s … Continue reading Frozen Cherries, Cashews and a Twist of Trouble
Don’t Lose it in The Fray
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
This night of witch light and woe
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
Crushed for the first time
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
Up in Flames
I dreamed of a man standing alone in a mountain pass facing an army. He went up in flames. Continue reading Up in Flames
Melting into a Vision
“You shall not pass.” A tear tracked down his porcelain cheek a moment before he exploded. Continue reading Melting into a Vision
free falling
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
Recreational Betrayal
I read the answer in his eyes,
skimmed the lies twisting his tongue. Continue reading Recreational Betrayal
Cold by the Floodgates
I read on seeking a connection, finding it and the losing it each time he speaks to me. Continue reading Cold by the Floodgates
Pain, My Love, and My Tribe
We’re strong enough to face a tribe called pain. Society told me love always prevails. Continue reading Pain, My Love, and My Tribe
Monday Melted Me
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
Brave enough
Our shock commingles.
We are separate and yet we are one.
Are we brave enough to fight fear’s tingle–
or has apprehension won? Continue reading Brave enough
Lady Wise
Sweet serendipity,
Lady wise and sylvan,
remove our iniquity
so we’re people of the Plan. Continue reading Lady Wise
Sheerin’ Away the City
Midnight in the city
falling into ruins,
there lays a girl busy
weaving a spell to unpin
reality from its moorings. Continue reading Sheerin’ Away the City
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