A little Halloween poem for you from Poetry of Monsters and Madness. The Hessian When the swirl of autumn leavesstirs the dank smell of loam and dirtand the bright moon shimmers throughthe shadow of bare-boned oaken trees When the witching hour whispersto the prowling echoes of the deadand that reverberation of hoofbeatsthunders down the lonesome... Continue Reading →
Alas, it is the last day of the October Frights Blog Hop, but I hope you've had fun. I leave you with an excerpt from my WIP story collection, Fairy Tales and Nightmares, which I expect to publish in 2023. The tidbit is from my Hansel and Gretel retelling. Photo by Balazs Kiss on Pexels.com... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Day 5 of October Frights, with another flash fiction story. Enjoy. The Halloween Vigil “Help me, please help me.” Jonas knew better than to answer her girlish plea for help; he still remembered what happened to Ricky that Halloween. He did glance towards the abandoned orchard. She crouched on top of the stone... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Day 4 and my annual October Frights Dark Poetry segment Photo by samer daboul on Pexels.com Shadows in the Mirror Shifting glassin the darkreflectionsof facesthat shouldn’t beMama, mama,he cries out,nightmares are realShush,it was a dreamThere are nomonsters Mama smilesreassuringly Until the morningwhen the lightrevealsa missingchild Within the Woods Like reaching fingersunder moonlightthe branches... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Day 3 and the October Frights edition of Drabble Wednesday. Enjoy. Don’t Be Curious “Don’t go down into the basement.”The caretaker warned me, but I didn’t listen. The murky space beneath the winding staircase was too tempting. What secrets did it hold? What adventures?I was always the curious sort. Mother said it would... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 