Three dark drabbles for you today. Enjoy. Photo by Navneet Shanu on Pexels.com Novices Walking the Red Line they called it, this rite of passage for temple novices where eager recruits walk between rows of elite guards, entering the temple surrounded by their silent, crimson-cloaked ranks.It was exhilarating and intimidating.Every temple novitiate aspired to be... Continue Reading →
Three more drabbles today. Some madness, revenge, and a touch of eldritch horror. Enjoy. Photo by Min An on Pexels.com Morality “Do you want me to burn it all down?”I don’t look at them as I speak, my finger rubbing the side of the detonator, but I hear the frightened whimpers. One man replies, “No.”I... Continue Reading →
Three more drabbles for you today. Photo by Elu012bna Aru0101ja on Pexels.com The Women In the darkness they raged, the collective voice of bloodied ghosts. Howling generations of repressed pain, eons of abuse, screams reverberating transformation from the void. Echoes from the abyss, from victim to victim, weaving their words into flesh and bone.“We are... Continue Reading →
It's launch day for Rivalry and Steam Monsters (Heyward and Andersen, Consulting Detectives # 4)! This next short story installment pits Heyward and Andersen against dark alchemists and has a few Lovecraftian Easter Eggs. Rivalry and Steam Monsters Dark alchemy is afoot in London! Amidst declining business and a tarnished reputation, Heyward and Andersen eagerly... Continue Reading →
Today, I have some flash fiction for you, enjoy. Photo by Jayanth Muppaneni on Pexels.com Within the Woods The lost little girl shivered in the stillness, a hush that wound through the misty forest and enveloped the trees in its unnatural essence. A grey fog swirled, clinging to her clothes, making it hard to see... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 