I have two drabbles today, plus a slighter longer story. Enjoy. Photo by William LeMond on Pexels.com Leaking Drip, drip, drip. Oh, how I hated that sound. No matter what, that tap would trickle its tiny drops, down, down, down. No matter what. Plumbers came, plumbers went, but it never got fixed. My fault really.A... Continue Reading →
The annual poem to honour the fallen. Photo by Craig Dennis on Pexels.com Wisps of Smoke In the aftermath, the air swirlsin an acrid scent,the residue of warBodies, row on row,hail the costhate never sees Babies with bombschildren with gunsConflict never solvedYet, the violence, deathrages on. © Copyright 2023 A. F. Stewart
Here are some post Halloween drabbles to sustain the darkness a little while longer... Photo courtesy of Pixabay and is AI-generated. Hunted Never take the deer from the North Woods.Everyone knew, everyone but the rich fool who built his manor above the village. To look down, to lord it over the villagers. But he paid... Continue Reading →
It's launch day for Fairy Tales and Nightmares. The second collection a dark tales in the Entangled Nightmares series officially releases today with ebook and paperback. Check it out. Fairy Tales and Nightmares Sometimes happily ever after just means surviving…Nine fairy tales reimagined within the worlds of horror, history and mythology. What if the Wicked... Continue Reading →
So Drabble Wednesday is back, after a short break last week, with three more chilling tales for this spooky season. Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com Midnight Tick, tick, tick.Midnight is coming. Ever closer, always closer.Mumbling the words, she rushed past the grandfather clock, her heels clicking loudly on the hallway’s marble floor. The soft... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 