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Short: Larry

Feeling sick tonight. Here is a short entry. "I heard a noise." The man's panicked voice whispers harshly. Moaning, I ask, "What?" "I heard something." "I didn't hear anything." "Well,"…

Mortimer

It’s funny, the little things that can get you. Like, I’ve spent my life keeping up this persona, creating my character—Dr. Jekyll had nothing on me—and yet here I was,…

Drabble: Miasma

Dear Reader, I am feeling a little sick. Please enjoy a short, somewhat abrupt, offering. There's something in the atmosphere. I can smell it. I can feel it against my…

Drabble: My Way Is Dark

As I walk, and the sun is setting, my shadow stretches before me, a dark streak, a black pathway, I cannot avoid. All around me, the shop windows, the white…

Drabble: Longing to Dream

They fill the earth with noise, not music, and there is no reprieve, no silent moment, no place for reflection and thought—there is no time to dream. But I have…

Drabble: Castle of the Mind

There is a castle in the minds of men which they do not approach. There is still an occupant there, waiting in the castle. He, up in his tower, high…

Drabble: Deadly Eye

The deadly glare of the idol I thought was a metaphor, some superstition meant to symbolize the power of the tribe's deity; I was wrong. I can feel that demon's…

Short Story: I Am Undead

I Am Undead Please Read: I Am UndeadExcerpt: I couldn’t tell you when the change took place. It wasn’t the transformation of a night but the slow work of days…

Rough Draft: I am Undead

I couldn't tell you when the change took place. It wasn't the transformation of a night but the slow work of days and nights, days following nights and nights following…

Real Life Fiction

So, a bit of real life fiction. I was out in my yard, exercising, and because I am a complete nerd, I had a book with me. Well, I remembered…