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Short Story: The Song of the Sea

My feet sinking into the forgiving sands of a cold, pacific beach, I pause, setting my eyes upon the vast horizon. Like turrets of a mighty castle, the distant clouds…

Poem: The Knell

Please Read: The Knell Excerpt: Under the stony arches of a shrine where crawling vines of darkened thorns resign —their sun browned leaves fall, carpeting the floor with hidden nettles…

Satire: What Matters Will Survive

7 Jul 20207 Jul 2020

Please Read: What Matters Will Survive Old Harry couldn’t cope and so he bought a rope. He tied it round his neck and jumped off of his deck. The sirens…

Short Poem: Spider Lover

(I'm feeling sick, so here is a very short poem). Spider, spider, spinning webs in darkened nook above my bed, weaving, weaving, through the night, inviting guests to end their…

Poem: The Revolution

There, sallow and dirty, dying and dead, the wicked we feared now fears for its head. So lift up the banners, make a loud shout. There’s nothing to fear; we’re…

Poem: Will-O-Wisp

The haunting glow there through the mist —so quickly fading out of sight— of what, pray tell, does it consist? What be this strange and eerie light? A will-o-wisp, I’m…

Short Poem: Wilfulwuls

They are deadly when they sing, and what sorrow will they bring, those wilfulwuls, within the night when they have you in their sight. Dashing through the ev’ning air, you…

Poem: The Time

13 Jun 202013 Jun 2020

Please Read: The Time The time is passing now, and no one holds my hand. I pray I will not bow; I pray that I may stand. The chimes the…

A Prayer

Please Read: My Prayer Tonight I am in this time reminded that there is eternity, that this soul's true longing is not in this world. Let God be glorified always,…

What I’m Reading

So, I’d like to take this opportunity to discus what I’ve been reading lately. Since I did this last, I finished the three items I mentioned, Voyage to Arcturus, Moby…