Stories & Poems - page 15

• 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.

Justin Takes Control

6 minute read

Agent Justin Cayse left the bordello from the rear, having escaped his captor.

Dead Inside

less than 1 minute read

Eunice sat on the edge of her daughter’s bed and stared out the window, the rustling of leaves muted by glass.

Random

less than 1 minute read

“Goddam it,” Rita O’Neill said as she let the curtains slide back into place.

Scrambled

7 minute read

“I hate to bother you, but I have something important to ask,” said the new waitress, setting down my plate of scrambled eggs.

Xanarax

less than 1 minute read

There once was an alien named Xanarax

Human Oddity

less than 1 minute read

I smelled the human long before I laid my seventeen eyes on him.

Billy Doesn't Fit In

less than 1 minute read

Billy hated being an alien.

Alien Haiku

less than 1 minute read

spinning flying orb

Western Standoff

less than 1 minute read

Billy: Ya rascally varmit, git back here!

The Bogeyman

1 minute read

Amen.

Poor Kid

less than 1 minute read

The Sheriff hauled Jimmy to the gallows to become acquainted with the hangman’s knot.

Late at Night

less than 1 minute read

I opened my eyes and could not see.