Fear – Page 8 – Tale Told

Fear Remains

And fear remains when hatred failsas like the earth under the tide.When it recedes with foamy trailsthe swell reveals what it did hide. What slimy things lie on that sand,the…

Unbroken

There are shadows that move in the daythere are nightmares that come out to playthere are whispers as loud as a shoutintimations that leave one no doubt And the eye…

Light

Trying to write in the darkness of my mind when all there is is fear, anger, and disgust. Disgust at myself disguised as anger at others, an anger which molders…

The Death of Noise

There is a terrible fear which clings to their minds,that whispered possibility, "Am I wrong?"and that's why they shout—to deafen their ears—lest they might learn that they are not God.…

Who Bound the Giant?

The chains rattled as the giant shifted in the darkness. We could hear his breath like a howling storm. He's sleeping, I thought. In the time it takes him to…

My Funeral

I dreamed this morning that I was at my funeral. The crowd was thick, and it was hard to move around. I knew my body was on the story above.…

Forbidden Dream

In a dark room, a silent room, a dead room, behind a locked and bolted door, where none dare enter, from where none may ever leave, there is a dream.…

Asthma

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I had a recent flair up of asthma, and it feels like a constant weight pressing against my lungs. It can be quite hazardous to one's pride when he can't…

Drabble Series: The Floating Isle of Lolth

They keep the painting in the chapel down the street there, if you want to see it. A queer effect it has on the mind. You sit there staring at…

Short Story: The Scar

Please Read: The Scar Excerpt: “Come on out, villain!” He was long past feeling awkward when shouting these inane cliches. After twenty years of flying around and punching through walls,…