Eclipsing the Light
The great mystery becomes clear in the end. What began in warmth and light is swallowed by deep darkness. The enigmatic monsters came, injured, and destroyed…
Only the End
Neglous remains still. Great clouds of the tempest gather above. Small, furtive drops of rain are warning shots of the coming deluge. A groan erupts beneath…
Down and Out [Version II]
“You...look like hell.” Despite the vulgarity the statement was said with all due affection, one corporate slave to another. Garrison looked up the series of…
Occupation: Week Six
Rayne flung the front door open and dashed across the dead lawn, kicking up a mess of broken white spears that trailed to the ground behind her. An anguished…
Cloud of the Mistress
Come to me, my goddess from the East Fade this cruel reality to nil Take my sight, cloud my mind For this brief time subsume my will Come to me, my mistress…
Before The Cloud Consumed Her
Death by cloud. It seemed that sentence could be a title for a ridiculous novel or poem when I first heard them uttered. Something written by some poor sappy…
A Gothic Stroll [Version 3]
It was somehow fitting that there was not much by way of illumination in the Philology Department library. Not being able to see what you were doing while…
Between the Strings [Version 2]
@# If you’re reading this line, get some sleep. Or some Monster.@ Mentally he chuckled, the green-against-black of the text editor scrolling in fits and starts…
Down and Out [Version 1]
Chance. It is not something one likes to bring to mind. The Everyman would deign to believe it is not he who will be the one in a million on whose number the…
A Gothic Stroll [Version 2]
I remind myself it’s not even fifty yards. My mother’s mantra about everyone else being equally insecure bounces from one side of my brain to the other before…
Love is watching someone die (Version 3)
Her eyes were blurring Threatening to blind her from witnessing this She forced the tears away in order to see The baby’s ragged breaths were barely noticeable…
Ash
...finally. When sweet Papa died, Mama & I carried his body to the volcano. We cried & wailed our Family Song over the island, ‘til birds took off in respect…
Cloudbursts
Scratching his head, Teras looked down at the earth. Specs of green and blankets of shimmering blue made him long for the ability to touch and feel them. He…
Boom.
It was gray. There was heat under his collar, coldness in his limbs, and a numbness in his heart. There was a tumultuous electricity in the air, carried on a…
Arabesque, Suggest, Acquiesce (Version 1)
Roderick took the quiet mumbles as permission to continue his self expression, which he did with gusto. His mother flopped down at the dining room table…
Color Was Born
Colorless beings stumbled upon jumping from one meteor to the next. “Don’t fall, or you’ll be lost forever into the darkness.” Individually, one would look…
Portraits
She is staring at me. Hollow eyes, a subdued smile. A knowing expression. I fidget uncomfortably. How had I gotten here, again? I squint my eyes and send my…
My Aphrodite
Silky, golden, straight and bright; More flowing than a forest sprite’s... It glistened like the morning light-- The hair of my fair Aphrodite. Fairer than…
Reassurance
The medical ward was almost empty, devoid of any warmth or comfort as it always was. A fit of coughing broke the tense silence of the room, snapping what would…
Not Getting Off on the Right Foot
I rubbed my head, partly to show my displeasure and partly to check for a goose egg. It was there, but I’d had worse. Ducking with me behind the cafe’s counter…