Between Consciousness
Horizontal body with face sunk half into the pillow, one nostril kept from breathing. If eyes were open, the futon would stand on a carpet wall. Above my head…
Driving In A Daze
I’m speeding. My surroundings fly past me. My foot is locked on the gas pedal involuntarily. I look through the glass windows, but I cannot see what is ahead…
The Sleepy Insomniac
I am exhausted. My eyes will not close. Shadows ring my eyes. I am too cold. My muscles are sore. I am dying of heat. It is way past midnight. My brain won’t…
Our Calm and Soft Contentment
Unlikely marriage of the ages between despairing stations Our times were brought together without explanation Halls of questions gave way to quiet evenings…
Waking up Dead
I’m alive. I think. I mean I think I’m alive. What I mean to say is I think I’m alive, and so I must be alive if I think it. ... Pretty sure I’m alive. But…
Broken Slumber
Please dab a sponge of water on my heart, that I may know the full force of your tears. For there was a dream of light rain, and then I awoke, and lo! There…
Closure
My sister and I were in a city that I didn’t recognize, but she seemed familiar with. Everything was amber from the setting sun. There were two and three story…
Saturday, January 7th
There is a house party in the midst of a wild crescendo raging all around me. Sounds are strangely muted however; the only sensation is of the air vibrating…
Black Hole Dream-Scape
The incessant chirping of his iphone woke Alton from a peaceful dream. If reality could only be so sweet. No, reality was a black hole dream-scape designed to…
A WHALES DREAM-Isebella
This is a story of a big fish Who had a very very big wish She’d gaze up high and dream all day Of what itd be like to get her way She would talk insessantly…
The Shakedown
Sitting in a unfamiliar house all we could see what the whites of each others eyes and the blue illumination of the candle. The antique radio played, it was as…
Dreaming of Flying Once More
The sky was beautiful. Emma’s lips moved soundlessly as she gazed out at the sight before her eyes. A gentle wind caressed her cheeks softly. Her toes danced…
A Dream, Not Just a Dream
“Promise me...” “Shh now, baby. You don’t have to ask that.” Her voice is soft but pleading, her hands supple but assured. She traces out love letters that…
And Then You Lock The Door
It’s one of those nights. Things blend in an amalgamation of dream mush; envelope you in a world constructed of reality and beyond. The light overhead: is it…
The Death of H.P. Lovecraft
Until this moment I never believed that there was any shadow of reality behind the mythology I created for my work. Letter writers inquiring about the history…
the weights and shackles of dreams
_I had that dream again. That dream where I’m protecting the girl, but I’m taller, stronger. He comforts the girl, not me, but I’m the one doing the fighting…
Don't Dream It's Over
The moon was full above, a bright white glow, the only light she remembered afterward. Evening had bled into night so fast; where had the hours gone? He walked…
Wishful Thinker
Wishful thinker With playful thoughts Imagination is all I got The charm I cradle in my hands The apple of my eye But no one can see it but I It grows and it…
I remember you
blurs and murmurs, faded sounds is how I remember you startling colours I wish it were this haze will have to do I can’t recall the way you feel this is how…
All in a minute
Blood gushed out her wound. Her clothes soaked all it could. The marble floor joined in changing its color too. Her eyes looked dead, they looked at peace. I…