(Day 41) Cheer
“Show me your wares, peddler.” The weary-eyed man stopped on the street, his hands still in his pockets. He had been looking down the entire time he had been…
What is so very old is new again
Perinius Greeting, (City) Earth Overcomb Siding 7gh 344 Years from now. Hello my younger self, such sorrow and despair you hold inside you. It’s purpose is not…
Sheri
There was an old woman from France, Who wore red ruffled underpants, No one knew it at all, Due to the length of her shawl, Till she did high kicks as she…
The New Thing
Once the centerpiece of Saturday night dinner parties, I now rule of a kingdom of dust and worn memories. I used to fill these halls with music, laughter, and…
"Cindy Elizabeth Flocken"
So I wrote this in 1st grade I think- fun to revisit...I’ve definitely improved a lot! Cindy was 14 and she loved animals, but she didn’t have a pet. Her…
The fatty fat fat fish named Fhil (yes, Fhil)
There’s a legend, passed down from family, about an usual thing, down at the pier. “Mr. Fhil the fish!” they would say, was quite fat, he scared away the most…
Gnarts Trimeskalion
Immortality gets tedious after the first few hundred cycles. By then, you’ll be a crotchety old man in a body far too young for you. _Fighting in a war you…
Green Castle Circle II
The girl stumbled in the dark, throwing out a hand to a pile of black bags to steady herself, spilling rubbish over herself and the already filthy street…
Cat/Ophelia: Into Earth
Clown was the best. “Cat, since you were the one who worked with Clown the most, I want you to go to the humans and find us someone who can fill Clown’s…
Cat/Ophelia: Clown
“Parts,” Polar Bear replied casually. I looked at him. “Which parts?” Polar Bear replied, “Spirit.” Hawk replied, “Capacity.” Duck replied, “Stomach.” Yeti…
Cat/Ophelia: Introductions
“Be cautious and examine any business plan,” the fortune cookie told me, and I swallowed the hot chocolate in my mouth before chewing the cookie. “Yarbleck,”…
Talking it out
“Now,” I address the demon laying on the ground, “Can we talk this out like civilized creatures?” She continues to swear at me in long-forgotten languages. Her…
Never headbutt a demon
One chance. I ram my head into demon girl’s face. Pain jets from the impact point straight through my entire skull. Never headbutt a demon, my brain screams…
The nightmare of the real
A person’s first reaction on awakening from a blow to the head is usually to vomit. This fact occurs to me as the scrambled eggs and crisp bacon I had not an…
In my nightmares
In my nightmares I am pursued by an endless stream of dark things down an endless alley. The dank, musty walls seem to close in on me, threatening my very…
In love with London
I used to be in love with London. Certainly it possesses an outward beauty. In the intervening years since I arrived here, I’ve seen beneath that beauty. It…
Out of cigarettes
The silhouette of the girl moves quickly down the alley toward me. I can’t make out her features, except for the creepy yellow eyes. I hate those. She stops…
Green Castle Circle
I stand under the dirty brick Victorian façade that hangs over the narrow lane. Blank, greasy windows, like spider eyes stare myopically down, as though the…
Now I pay the Price.
I stare in to my lap for answers receiving nothing but more guilt. These weak, decrepit hands. Long, trembling fingers. Brittle bones encased in loose, ashen…
Lucky
T’was an old man Whose life had rolled Counterclockwise-- Leaving him young With all of his wisdom In place of having to face demise.