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Tiberius has the Knack
Tiberius has the Knack
The children demanded a Halloween story today. They were so eager and excited, and they absolutely wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Jesse Bryant
Oct 30, 2019
Verses from Blighted Page
Verses from Blighted Page
Sup morsels of foment
Pamela Edwards
Oct 24, 2019
Tyger, Tyger
Tyger, Tyger
The food is strange here — the blood doesn’t flow freely as his teeth sink into the flesh. The innards tossed at him in chunks. Nothing is…
Miguela Considine
Oct 23, 2019
The Unread Book
The Unread Book
Hush, old woman, hush. The child is coming fast as she can. You worry at her like an old dog, and give her no peace at all.
Jesse Bryant
Oct 20, 2019
Corruption
Corruption
Conceived with the apple…A Prompt for 13 Days of Dark & Weird
edh lamport
Oct 12, 2019
Skitter
Skitter
The chitter of beetles in shadow, whose glittering shells sweep the dim; their undulant tide is the darkness — a writhing that heralds…
edh lamport
Oct 4, 2019
Face to face
Face to face
A writing prompt for 13 Days of Dark & Weird
Peculiar Julia
Oct 2, 2019
Scuttle
Scuttle
A writing prompt for 13 Days of Dark & Weird
Peculiar Julia
Sep 26, 2019
The Prompts
The Prompts
A collection of prompts for 13 Days of Dark & Weird
Peculiar Julia
Sep 22, 2019
Little Josh’s Letter
Little Josh’s Letter
Dear Mythra,
J. R. Lima
Dec 31, 2018
Gargoyles
Gargoyles
Grimesy’s awake. That bloke down there, razzing the young woman opposite our church, got his attention.
Jesse Bryant
Dec 26, 2018
Mirror
Mirror
This hand I call mine pours the wine,
Georgiana Petec
Dec 25, 2018
When words fail you
When words fail you
Un-scroll to understand in sand, feeling bottled up and buoyant Words will fail you
Pamela Edwards
Dec 24, 2018
Holiday Noir
Holiday Noir
Christmas morning. A crime scene in chaos. Tenace couldn’t imagine a worse way to end his year. A couch covered in children’s tears, the…
Phillip T Stephens
Dec 23, 2018
A Visit from the Devil-Saint Nikolai
A Visit from the Devil-Saint Nikolai
Curator’s Commentary: It has been a long-held truth that the famous Christmas-time poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (better known in common…
Jim Salt
Dec 22, 2018
The Golden Chain
The Golden Chain
“It would be like not breathing, you see,” Chloe intoned drily from the drapes by the window. “I’ve spent a great deal of this life not…
edh lamport
Dec 21, 2018
Night Mara
Night Mara
A tale for naughty children
Annie Caldwell
Dec 20, 2018
Winter Blues
Winter Blues
If only I could escape winter’s numbing touch — fade beneath the snow unnoticed, like a perennial awaiting Spring — aching to feel the…
Annie Caldwell
Nov 26, 2017
Araboth
Araboth
A poem about seeking divinity on earth
Sable Whisper
Oct 29, 2018
About The Mad River
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