Stories & Poems - page 2 - Darkling Whim

Prefer to read a series from the beginning? Haley's War is an unfinished chaotic fever dream, but it's a helluva ride.

The Gators of Mars

2 minute read

So, who the fiddler’s flying fig decided Mars needed alligators?

Another Z in the Fourth Wall

3 minute read

Eddie’s fist connected with a satisfying crunch and Haley couldn’t keep from smiling. The zombie’s newly-detached lower jaw sailed through the air, flicking ...

A Quiet Ride

1 minute read

“I’d love to, babe, but my phone’s just about out of juice!”

The Way Home

3 minute read

Gwen barely could focus on the oncoming traffic as she headed for home. What a bitch of a day. All I want to do is rip off this bra and put on the give-up pjs.

Good Morning

2 minute read

Let’s get the moral of the story up front, shall we? Never try to hypnotize a gypsy. Never host a bachelor party the night before the nuptials. Oh, and never...

Time to Write

2 minute read

I can’t find the time to write.

The Writer

less than 1 minute read

Doug leans back in his Lazyboy and stretches his arms over his head with laced fingers.

Once Upon a Crayon

3 minute read

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful kingdom.

The Good and the Bad

less than 1 minute read

I relish the fine minutia of perfection.

Mary Had a Disgruntled Lamb

less than 1 minute read

Mary had a disgruntled little lamb, Whose fleece was greasy and matted And everywhere that Mary went, It rudely belched and farted.

A Gruff Patch

2 minute read

Bruno Gruff scratched his flea-bitten crotch and stared out the window. His brothers, Barney and Buford, bickered over the last patch of swamp grass. He snif...

Fear

less than 1 minute read

I hear them, wriggling and squirming, first to my left, then my right, and then it filled my whole world with noise. The click-click-clicking of their little...