Monthly Archives: July 2014
Last Note
* * * Heart in her throat, she sat on the back of the couch and kept her arms wrapped around the guitar. She had been playing, aching for hours now, callused fingers against fret and string, breath caught, muscles … Continue reading
The Autumn Queen No. 4 – The Banners of the Autumn Queen
This is #4 of The Autumn Queen — You can start at the beginning, if you like, or continue on from here. PREVIOUS * * * At first nadir, when the Fieldman lifted the Scythe from the horizon, we lined … Continue reading
The Autumn Queen No. 3 – Unending Night
This is #3 of The Autumn Queen. If you want to start from the beginning, go here. PREVIOUS * * * There had been songs of the sun for as long as I could remember. Epics about the shining light of the sky … Continue reading
Dream a little dream
You’re in my head, night after night, where sleep bleeds into nightmares, where you are a remembrance of things past and things never done. You’re in my heart when I can’t breathe anything but fire and smoke, whisky and wine. … Continue reading
The Point
I sang for you once, at the cliff’s edge, and you came to me. You came to me because that was the point, wasn’t it? And I thought I was clever. And I thought you were good. I learned in … Continue reading