Today is our last day of October Frights and to close off the Hop, I'm sharing an excerpt from my WIP, Fairy Tales and Nightmares, where I'm putting a dark fantasy and horror spin on classic fairy tales. The excerpt is from my take on Sleeping Beauty... The Sleep of Death Once, beyond reality and... Continue Reading →
After a bit of a break due to various reasons, Drabble Wednesday is back with three new tales that tell a strange dark story... Summer Sacrifice The scorching sun beat down upon the village, dispersing the cold shadow of the mountain of the gods. Seasonal heat warmed away any chill, and a breeze played the... Continue Reading →
We're talking a break from the penguins today with some unrelated drabbles to feed the darkness...Enjoy. Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay Last Dance Among the stark gravestones, indigo obscurity wafts against the voluminous moon, and the sweet strains of forgotten melody play on the hush of wind. Diaphanous light shifts, and a silver grey meld of ethereal substance... Continue Reading →
Today's Drabble Wednesday is a slight interlude, as I ruminate on where the time sheep storyline is headed. So enjoy three short tales of dark fantasy and magic... Image by Alexandra ❤️A life without animals is not worth living❤️ from Pixabay The Rose and Sword To know your fate, take up the sword. Cut the... Continue Reading →
A short break from Frankie and Joni this week with a revisit to some older drabbles published on my other blog a few years ago. Today we go a bit darker... Winter Chill The first nip of true cold in the air, a shiver that slowly burrows under the skin and buries itself. That’s when... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 