Category Archives: Fiction
100 Words: Far-Fetched
They said she was ridiculous, to believe in the thing she believed in. They said men like that, with fire in their eyes, fire in their hands — they didn’t exist. They said she didn’t exist. She knew they were … Continue reading
Missing
“Here,” she said, but only to herself. She put the case down on the tile and lifted the instrument to her chin. Arms lifted in the weirdly familiar, half-awkward box she’d been taught, she drew the rosined bow against the … Continue reading
morning haiku
veritable ghost winter’s cold crow hands grabbing withered grey-wight sky
Be Satisfied
It is time you opened your eyes to the warmth of me, opened your lips to the bright of me. I have dreamt of you since before you talked to me of fever dreams and red thread. I have only … Continue reading
In The Coming Dark
I knew you, before I became another. I held you, kissed you, before I was promised. Childhood secrets, things shared behind closed doors — hopes and dreams and fears. And if I am never the one your father would choose … Continue reading