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Tag: ghost story

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

Fantasy, short story

Aired Out

November 10, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Images bloomed, scattershot
then in a barrage caught
and reflected on the knife
slicing the air, ending my unlife. Continue reading Aired Out

Fantasy, short story

I prefer my Cupid without his Gun

November 9, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

A gun-toting Cupid shot
me through the heart Continue reading I prefer my Cupid without his Gun

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

The Knife’s Cold Play

November 7, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Luminous wings flapped,
while thunder clapped
drowning out my screams. Continue reading The Knife’s Cold Play

Fantasy, short story

Like a criminal, it stalked

November 5, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Like a criminal it stalked.
Floating up as I balked,
the dagger balanced on point. Chalked
circles met my eye and they talked
of black magic while I gawked. Continue reading Like a criminal, it stalked

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Glass Animals Make Poor Weapons

November 3, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Jason held the blade level with his eyes
and in its shine, my visage reflected.
Shock stuck my tongue to my mouth’s roof, no cries
escaped my lips’ prison. Continue reading Glass Animals Make Poor Weapons

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Betrayal detailed in fabric

November 2, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

The demon sizzled in my fire–
a holy pyre sent to retire
one crispy demon and his sire
through the man I’d loved and inspired.
#NovemberNotes Continue reading Betrayal detailed in fabric

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Simplicity in Hell’s Casino

October 30, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Slot machines chime a jackpot dirge
it’s the simple things our minds purge—
spiritual tethers submerge
until they’re stretched and we diverge Continue reading Simplicity in Hell’s Casino

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Scent of Trouble

October 27, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Roses couldn’t save me– no thumbs to pick locks.
Looks like I am stuck in a concrete block. Continue reading Scent of Trouble

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Abandonment

October 26, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Landing in darkness, I shook my dazed head.
I lay on an altar stone, a grave bed
and perhaps my end, no more could I rove.
Was I now a treasure in someone’s trove? Continue reading Abandonment

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Seeing Red

October 25, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Caught by the cyclone, reality clove
and it revealed a stygian alcove.
Lightning lit me up, turning all to red.
I fell through blood-soaked images and dread. Continue reading Seeing Red

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Fantastical

October 24, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Born on a gust of wind, tiny motes dove.
Sparkling as they twisted, a cyclone strove.
Continue reading Fantastical

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Undoubtedly

October 23, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Undoubtedly I would screw up the one task the afterlife asked of me. Continue reading Undoubtedly

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