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Boogeyman Dreams
A murder of crows takes flight, Cawing their insanity into the abyss of the night. They wake the monster of madness; it rears its bristly head. “Be not afraid,” gods whisper as you lie in your panicked...
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Ode to my Oesophagus I
W. K. Tucker:May I present to you the Goddess of Collage…the one and only Manja… Originally posted on fall of the fishman: Congratulations. Your cauldron hisses, your cauldron troubles the very paper...
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I Look Down
From my window I look down, look down, At the iniquitous world spread out below me. I look down, look down; I see the curst world, but it doesn’t see me. From my room I look down, look down At the...
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Confessions of Faith: Don’t Give Up
W. K. Tucker:A very inspiring post. Originally posted on Faith Simone: Giving up is easy. The allure of ending the constant pursuit of your goals is never more powerful than when you’re close to...
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge|Abandoned Buildings or Barns
I love decrepit, old things–houses, barns, furniture, people…good thing ’cause I’m getting on up there. :D My iPhone is always at the ready when husband and I travel the back roads, side roads, and...
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Red
Dark woods, deep woods, deathly woods, Through them I rush-race-run. Moon glows, moon shows, moon knows, Soon I will be done. Bog sucks, bog slurps, bog swallows, Stealing the boots from my feet....
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It
It was such a tiny thing, a speck of a thing, all alone in a soup of darkness. And it was hungry, so very hungry. All it had known in its short life had been this terrible, gnawing emptiness. Emptiness...
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The Forest For The Trees
Brizzle saw the Things first and alerted the rest of the cluster. I had heard about the Things, but had never seen one. Soon I would. I wondered if I would survive it. Twink brushed against me. “Will...
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Is That All There Is?
I stood out on the front porch, staring up at the night sky into the reddish-blue face of the end of the world. Inside, my family and a large group of their friends drank and laughed and danced to old...
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Inside My Head
Nowhere is safe— I’ve heard it said. One place is safe: Inside my head. There no one can touch. There no one can hurt. There I am a rock, Solid, hard—I refuse to burst. Half a century of walls Erected,...
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A Leap of Faith
I am exhausted! My brain hurts! And here is the reason why— Yesterday I took a leap of faith: I became an indie author. Through KDP, I published a short story titled: “Saving Grace”. Let me tell you,...
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Black Is…
Black is… The color of the ocean floor The color of the deepest well The color of a witch’s cat The color of a lover’s spell Black is… The color of infinity The color of a new-moon night The color of...
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Pearls Before Swine…Published
I have been busy, busy, busy–in between bouts of illness. First up was a stomach virus that laid me low for over a week. Then a pulled back muscle, which I tried to work through, that kept me off my...
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Senses
I like what I see When I look in your eyes When you look at me. I like what I smell When I’m wrapped in your arms Ensnarled in your spell. I like what I hear When you whisper my name Soft lips...
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A Hard Row To Hoe | Update
An update on Barbie Dolls And Ribs– Today, after giving it considerable thought, I unpublished “Barbie Dolls And Ribs” from KDP. I don’t know how long it will take for it not to be shown on Amazon, but...
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Halcyon Days
I was born in the age of dinosaurs—1953—the last of seven children raised and loved by Tom and Agnes Workman. Yep, I was the spoiled baby of the family. My siblings and I grew up on a 180 acre...
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Saving Grace – Book Review – Kindle Short
W. K. Tucker:I really don’t like to “toot my own horn”, (that is one aspect of being a writer I don’t enjoy) but Paul did such a wonderful review of my Kindle short, I wished to share. Originally...
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Mirrors
mirrors do not lie they stare into your clouded eyes down, down the bottomless well straight into the rapacious mouth of hell where nightmares breed and famished Beelzebub feeds ripping apart your...
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“Annabel Lee”
I was first introduced to Edgar Allan Poe when in grade school. My two oldest sisters, Mary and Donna, were in high school then, and I think one of them (possibly both) read to me from their literature...
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A Freebie
Just a quick note to let everyone know that my Kindle short, “Pearls Before Swine”, will be available free of charge for 24 hours starting at midnight Pacific Standard Time tonight. Click here for the...
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