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Poem: Halloween Comes Tiptoeing

As Halloween comes tiptoeing our way,and all the spooks crawl out their crypts to play;as all the monsters come in for a shock,the line goes out the door around the…

Short: The Dark Thing on the Beach

The lighthouse stood, not perfectly straight, on the very extreme of the craggy bluff. It leaned as men are known to lean when they want to catch sight of something…

Short: Unfinished

The unfinished thing lay in the corner, a heap of disjointed parts. An android, of sorts. I never knew what it was for, but it was human, in a sense.…

The Empty City

The fevered rain fell like waves over the city and her bare streets, fell splashing and crashing over her deserted roads. Her gutters gurgled and spat, her sewers overflowed, and…

Short: Our Last Night

The fading light stretched through the wall of windows, painting the apartment orange. He sat in his chair, facing the sunset, his rifle resting upon his lap. "The world's last…

Poem: From Year to Year

There is a quiet place I knowthat's never touched by winter's snow.There is a land uncharted yeto'er which the sun will never set. Its fields are green, its valley wide,its…

Short Story: The Machine of Our Dreams

"You don't understand," I said. "I didn't design this!" He gazed at me fixedly, trying to master himself in spite of the drink. Setting his beer down, he said slowly,…

Short: Imhotep Enthroned

The ancient bandages had, throughout the long decades, fused to his flesh. His face had melted into his death shroud so that the pattern of the wrap seemed to be…

Poem: Snow and Ash

Soft the flakes descend upon the waiting earth. How gently fall they to the ground. Why are my dreams so filled with snow? Why spy I winter from my bed?…

Short Poem: Lost Upon the Moor

We sang a song that went unheard like wisps across the moor, and none recall the ghostly word. It's lost upon the moor. Now heaven falls to night's assault, and…