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Drabble: Hiding in the Dark

No one could dream anymore. We could not let them. He was in our dreams. At first we killed those who fell asleep, but we were losing too many people…

Drabble: End of the Day

Do you like it? I tried to find the best day. Don't try to talk. You're dying. I don't know what happens next. My job is here on earth. I…

Hush

At the Library "Not everything in the library is catalogued," I whispered. "What?" he asked. "There are stories that are told only in whispers, books that are given no titles,…

Short: Twenty Years

The tears of twenty years finally burst from his eyes. Everything. His whole life, his whole sorry, miserable life, came at him like a flood. He was not okay, and…

Short: The Stranger in the Storm

The storm had come, and something else, a monster, unimaginable; a boneless, shifting thing had pulled itself from the seafloor. Had the storm dredged it up, or had the wind…

Short Story: Redeeming the Beggar

The eyeless wretch was squatting there, begging in the streets, his supplicating bowl held over his bowed head. I stopped and let my shadow fall over him. "Do you know…

Random Shorts

Some of us accept death . . . . . . sometimes in faith . . . . . . sometimes in despair. But some refuse to die. That's where…

Turn of the Year

I don't have a head for statistics, so I Googled it: four. Give or take, every second, four babies are born. Four miracles. Four worlds created. So, the very second…

Ramblings About Vampires and Their Gods

So, a wild thought came into my head: Who are the gods of the vampires? That is, if vampires have a culture, what are the ideals that they strive for?…

Short: The Curator

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They put me in charge of the vault after the injury. No good in the field; a liability. But, I always had an acumen for detail and such. Actually, this…