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Blinded

I wash my face in tears and stare into the sun, a coward full of fears, forever on the run. I lift my eyes to God, but cannot raise my…

Dust to Dust

I sat beside the wizard whose robe was dark and blue like the sky at night and said nothing. We sat together as the world wound to a close and…

The Morning After

A good night's work, the skeleton thought to himself, quickly taking another drink to drown out the quiet, contrarian voice that echoed softly in his hollow skull, repeating the words…

2022: Happy Halloween

31 Oct 202225 Aug 2022

Where dragons lurk and banshees scream,where knights aren't always what they seem,where ghosts and ghouls all run around,where zombies rise out of the ground,where things that slither, slither on,where things…

White Rose

27 Oct 202227 Oct 2022

My dearest friends, I have foreseen for some time the eventuality that one of us would die, and even through my massive hubris, I knew it very well might be…

‘Twas There

You know the truth of what was said, that I, alive, was once found dead, breathless and cold within my bed. 'Twas there I learned of things ahead. I fear…

Sonnet: Murder

Please Read: Murder What fateful circuits ring above us now who with our hempen collars wait to fall— but not to meet the earth—for by this bough upheld, our necks…

Short Story: Disillusioned

23 Oct 202222 Oct 2022

Please Read:Disillusioned Excerpt: There's an ocean of dreams full of monsters unseen, there's a darkness in all of our hearts, where the waves and the wind toss the saints into…

Though We Flee

A kiss in the night, a blade through the heart. For whom do we fight? I stand for my art. There's a dream we may dream when the world's all…

Necromancer

Begin again and never sin. Restart the clock; don't hit the rock. This devil's dance is your last chance. The singer sings so far away all while the digger digs…