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What Goes Around

This post was originally published through Patreon on Janurary 31, 2018. The wind has become a billowing gust, a mounting power that taunts me as I stroll through my private gardens. I do not reply but continue on, while inwardly I consider the old adage that humans have always been so fond of: What goes … Continue reading "What Goes Around"

Outsider

This post was originally published through Patreon on September 27, 2017. I hear the cadence of their voices, the rise and fall in pitch as their mouths open to form words, followed by sentences. I attempt to reproduce their style, but it is only an affectation, a counterfeit exchange. My true self is beyond expression. … Continue reading "Outsider"

Surrender

This post was originally published through Patreon on May 31, 2017. “You found me.” “You weren’t hard to find.” Arcturial nodded. He hadn’t wanted to be caught exactly, but neither had he tried very hard to evade his captor. “What happens next?” He looked toward the shadowy figure in the doorway. The figure emerged into … Continue reading "Surrender"

Up

This post was originally published through Patreon on March 29, 2017. Darkness surrounds me. I see only a silver flight of stairs that ascends into endless black. Only one thing is clear: there’s nowhere to go but up. I begin to climb. Each step is illuminated, and I look around and try to find the … Continue reading "Up"

A Spell Gone Wrong

This post was originally published through Patreon on February 28, 2017. I hunker on the bare stone floor, shrouded in darkness, and scream. The room is silent, ghostly. I can see a sliver of moonlight leak through the bottom of the caged window like the tip of a dragon’s fingernail, but it’s swallowed at once … Continue reading "A Spell Gone Wrong"

I Only Had To Bleed

This post was originally published through Patreon on July 12, 2017. “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” —Ernest Hemingway I huddle over my desk beneath the soft light of an incandescent lamp, brow furrowed, and stare down at the empty pages of my notebook. There’s … Continue reading "I Only Had To Bleed"

Old Friend

This post was originally published through Patreon on January 11, 2017. “Lisa.” Her name is the first thing she hears. She opens her eyes, and the blackness over her vision lifts like a veil. Light. It nearly blinds her. She narrows her eyes to slits, and the scene resolves into a pair of burning globes … Continue reading "Old Friend"

Human

This post was originally published through Patreon on December 20, 2017. Anita slipped, and her physical therapist had to catch her before she hit the ground. “It’s okay,” the woman said, while Anita, her legs no longer able to support her weight, clutched hopelessly at the woman’s wrists for balance. The hospital room where they … Continue reading "Human"

The Fifty-Seven

This post was originally published through Patreon on August 16, 2017. I sit at the bus stop just before sunset and wait for the 57 to arrive. I’m the only one here, but that’s not a surprise. Not many ride this bus anymore. This city’s always been my home, but over the years it’s changed, … Continue reading "The Fifty-Seven"

The Other Side

This post was originally published through Patreon on May 23, 2017. I wasn’t ready to die. I suppose no one is. As mortals, we have a strange fixation with immortality. We understand that each of us has a clock embedded deep within, set to an unknown length of time; that when this time is finally … Continue reading "The Other Side"