Tag Archives: dark
Keep The Lights On
Help me; this fear comes up as nausea, swallowed down again and again but it rises, writhing, a tentacled thing in my stomach reaching up the back of my throat. It cries out, claws for me, laughs when I try … Continue reading
To Sleep With The Light On
Birthed by a monster, bitten by a wolf, raised by a banshee, suckled on venom, heart as dark as the blackest of tarpits, and still she is soft enough to sleep with the light on, like us, afraid of things … Continue reading
Someone Comes In
Someone comes in every day and walks into the empty, dark side of my office. They do this every morning, and they stand there, confused, turning in slow circles, on the other side of my desk. “Hello?” they call. It … Continue reading
The Next Morning
After the longest night of the year, we waited quietly for the morning to come. We held hands and sang lowly, in the cold, our breath mingling in frosty fog. We did not know the world had passed us by, … Continue reading
The Autumn Queen No. 7 – The First Time
This is #7 of The Autumn Queen. To start at the beginning, go here. PREVIOUS * * * The moon had gone dark the first time he crept into the bartizan. He had clear eyes then, unruined. Even in … Continue reading