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Tag: short story

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, short story

Sheerin’ Away the City

November 15, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

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

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

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

Smoke Punched Him in the Face.

November 4, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Smoke punched him in the face. Overbalancing, he plummeted into the rainbow-hued mist of an uncaring sun. Continue reading Smoke Punched Him in the Face.

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

Almost Lovers

November 1, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

We were almost lovers he and I,
lost in a world of desire,
but I was his new hire.
So we burned in a pyre
kindled by lust mired
in the real world briar.
#NovemberNotes Continue reading Almost Lovers

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story

Eternal

October 31, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

What anchored me and what spawned the tether?
Finding it changed me from a pale feather
floating on chance’s breeze in the aether. Continue reading Eternal

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo

Upside Down, Downside up

October 29, 2016October 25, 2021 Melinda Kucsera

Slipping into place,
memory walloped me
handing me an ace.
Upside down, the world made sense.
I finally had the space
to remember this place Continue reading Upside Down, Downside up

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

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