Stories & Poems - page 13

• betrayal 22
• dark-intimate 39
• domestic-noir 35
• drama 140
• fantasy 38
• guilt 9
• horror 84
• humour 71
• identity 28
• loss 42
• melancholy 36
• noir 9
• obsession 5
• paranormal 12
• poetry 37
• post-apocalyptic 5
• redemption 8
• scifi 26
• thriller 77
• transformation 18
• trauma 19

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Alone on Tazin Lake

4 minute read

The Cessna’s wings clipped the tops off several jack pine as it thundered through the brush on its way down.

In the Eye of the Sandstorm

2 minute read

A gust of wind stirred up the dust of the deserted street.

Strange Love

less than 1 minute read

There once was a lady, hailing from the circus

Knife Master

less than 1 minute read

I probably shouldn’t have been drinking last night.

Clown Car

less than 1 minute read

Cuddles, you go first.

Bigtop Bulge

less than 1 minute read

So, you see, I’m really quite worried about your health.

Milk

less than 1 minute read

Eunice sniffed the milk carton left on the counter and wrinkled her nose, swallowing hard against her rising gorge.

Riding the Train

2 minute read

Riding the hover train this time of night always made me sleepy.

What's a Dwaithelord?

less than 1 minute read

Dwaithelord — an honorific for the tribal leader of a coven of dwarven wraith soul stealers.

Jake

1 minute read

Jake hobbled in to the kitchen and half-sat on his haunches.

Piscans Interruptus

2 minute read

Captain Nestor breathed a sigh of relief as his yacht left the hanger bay of the Vindictus.

Torture

less than 1 minute read

Reflected in the steel above, I watch the red line widen as he traces the scalpel from my navel to between my breasts.