Stories & Poems - page 11

• dark 23
• eerie 37
• grounded 133
• intimacy 65
• kith-kin 66
• melancholy 67
• poetry 43
• solitude 123
• speculative 98
• tension 69
• wit 81

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Unwanted

less than 1 minute read

Heaven didn’t want the maiming boy

Scare Tactics

less than 1 minute read

“Why don’t you try poking out your eyes?

Cellar

less than 1 minute read

My hands shook in the cold rain as I fumbled with the shovel handle as another flash of lightning illuminated the back deck’s leaf litter blanket.

A Close Call

less than 1 minute read

It was a dark and stormy night, my wife and daughter were driving to a Fire Hall outside Chester for a family gathering.

Trick or Treat

less than 1 minute read

Moldy sugar and weevily flour, Some rancid butter at the Witching Hour.

Iced Up

less than 1 minute read

Jamie slammed his hand against the dash of the car and the heater fan rattled to life.

Aguta's Trek

less than 1 minute read

Nanuk the Bear stood on his hind legs and sniffed the icy air.

Tommy and Jamie

less than 1 minute read

I hate waiting at the bus stop.

No Need to See

less than 1 minute read

warm oil on your back

First Change

less than 1 minute read

Raised by the pack, we didn’t know about the Change util it happened to my friend Brown Ear.

Alien Haiku

less than 1 minute read

Driving late at night

Strength

less than 1 minute read

“You can do this,” he said with an intensity that made me smile.