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Silent by the Sea

A figure passing through the hallwho moon-like glowing goesher cloud-like tresses never fall,nor touch the earth her toes.A poor and murdered wretch, I think, or suicide, I fear, a spirit…

Enchanted

The villain leaves the stage without bow and without the spectacular flourish of his bright red cape which he had been so want to give in the first act. A…

Falling Snow

Drifting through the silver moonbeams, the snow falls among the black-trunked trees. Not a sound in this dead place, only the cold, the cold and my labored breaths and the…

Will Be Heard

When life has passed and the noise of dreams fades from echoes into an utter silence, a thought might remain, a lone redoubt in the darkened wastes. Dogged, unchanged, even…

And Black Was the Sea

30 Apr 20241 May 2024

"We create our own hells," he said, his pale eyes staring unblinkingly out at the rolling, depths. An inky blackness was the ocean, waves tipped white with foam, and our…

Escape to the Stars

29 Apr 202424 Sep 2025

I've run from you throughout ages and times uncounted. How you've persisted. We've found the edge of the world now, and there's no place more to flee. His eyes are…

For Now

When I was younger, in my early twenties, I was exceedingly unhappy. At some point, I began to pray that I would die young, around thirty. I am no longer…

Shadows Weep

21 Apr 202420 Apr 2024

There comes a time when the cold no longer makes you cold. There's a place beyond all these pains and these mortal throes. I've walked along the cold, grey shores…

Worthwhile

17 Apr 202413 Apr 2024

There comes a day, my friend, when the man upstairs says, "That's all, folks," and then the play is done. I know it sounds corny, but it's true, a tired…

Go On

16 Apr 202413 Apr 2024

There really is only one way we can end this. You know it, but I think you prefer this limbo, this back and forth. Don't you get tired? I'm tired.…