Stories & Poems - page 9

• 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.

One Last Letter

3 minute read

Ricky checked his mailbox everyday at just before noon, rain or shine.

Resolve

less than 1 minute read

“Happy New Year!

Barbecue

2 minute read

Okay, Nicholas.

Whoops

less than 1 minute read

Special ornament

Gramp’s Grace

less than 1 minute read

I’m not a religious man, but sitting at head of the table where my grandfather would have normally sit, I looked around to my rarely-assembled family, all ea...

Backroom Elves

less than 1 minute read

“Blinky, put that wrench down and get over here.

Newly Freed

less than 1 minute read

thin glaze on puddles

The Last Voyage of the Nancy

1 minute read

Young Mary laced my bodice tight and helped me into my skirts.

The Bonded

3 minute read

Not every Fayre could be trusted.

Lemony Rain

2 minute read

I constructed my lair from the choicest rock candy, not dollar store seconds.

Full Circle

4 minute read

“A strange thing happened on the way to the bus stop,” I said, taking a plate from the rack and wiping it.

The Last Ride

less than 1 minute read

Racing down the mountain side