drabble – Page 51 – Tale Told

Nameless

The nameless brought darkness, real darkness, which could get into your lungs, enter your eyes, seep into your pores; whispered into our ears night upon night. Light could drive it…

Let Us Consider

26 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

An afterthought occurs to me. There is one threat I can make. I will not agree. I will not become one of them. You will either have to betray me…

Let Us Consider

25 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

There is, perhaps, little more to say on the matter. You have all been, though you have not all known the name of it, under the presumptions of Epicurus. If…

Let Us Consider

24 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

Yet let us consider this offer they have not, as a matter of fact, yet made. They have, reportedly, a type of biological immortality; this is their main selling point…

Let Us Consider

23 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

Let us consider what may be the best, or the worst, case scenario. Somehow we manage to fight these devils off. We know they are not chasing us out of…

Let Us Consider

22 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

Now, we are at the moment in an experimental phase. We don't know what will or won't work. Fire? Silver? Garlic? Stakes? These are all material means. We should, perhaps,…

Let Us Consider

21 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

There's one thing I think we should consider as regards our recent discovery. It is in a sense ancillary to the practical necessities facing us at the moment, but given…

Life Update

So, if you've been following me over on The Story Ark, I've been working on a short story to submit to a Halloween anthology. Well, actually, that's a lie. I…

Sad Dreams

The waves of infinity die upon that shore, casting themselves upon those ancient sands from which time is made. And Death is seen, walking along the shore; his straight path…

Shadow People

26 Aug 202226 Aug 2022

I don't know. I have my suspicions, but I don't know. I do know that hearing these stories sent shivers up my spine: Many of them were stories I could…