Dr. Agonson – Page 287 – Tale Told

The Forgotten Columns

Four broken and tumbled columns remain in that deserted waste. Slowly the foliage creeps over their ruins, but faceless gardeners return to clear the forest away. They are at times…

Essay: Hope Nevermore

Please read: Hope Nevermore Excerpt: I see the window and door as representations of the same event. The same call, the same tapping, draws the narrator to each. The consequences of…

Temples

“The heroes are dead, and we have killed them,” he shouted to the gathering crowd. They were below him. He was upon the castle terrace, the bloody dagger in his…

The Homework

They watched the recording:“We’ve a little time to spare. What’s on your mind? Come on, I can see there’s something eating you. Don’t want to talk? I have some Halloween…

The Temple of Maggots

Silent moments allow the screaming in my head to overwhelm the darkening night, her gentle coalescing to sleep undone in the wild spark of an ill memory. Hours are spent…

Short Story: Awakened

He stepped away from the bar as a cold hint of sobriety passed in his eyes, leaving the half-finished pint, with its foam running down the sides, forgotten in his…

Short Story: Bring It Back

Please read: Bring It Back Excerpt: What was this noise within me I could not avoid? Was not there some distraction from this fruitless yearning? Why did everything lead back to…

Poem: Bluebird’s Echo

No one can make the bluebird sing from other than its feathered breast, nor make the dreamer dream a dream say that it is his sleeping rest. Yet when to…

I’m Probably Wrong, But…

So, I’m sick again, and ready to ramble my way through a post. As it goes, I’ve been introduced to two authors recently, and whereas they each possess an engaging…

Poem: A Devil’s Son

Please read: A Devil’s Son Excerpt: There’s darkness there beyond the realm of sight which men may feel on cold and wintry nights, but none are oft to speak of what…