Dark and Stormy Night, by Amber Averay The windows rattle with each blast of thunder, and I jump like a scared little child. The lightning that flickers outside leaks around the curtains, splashing the darkened room in sprays of silver and white. I’ve hated storms since…well, since I was a little child. It was aContinue reading “Spook-tober 2025, Day #1”
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Spook-tober 2024
Day #31 – by Amber Averay (continued from Day #30): Mocking laughter swirled about me, pressing in from every direction. The trees seemed to close in, the dirt path shrinking into a narrow ribbon that barely seemed wider than a tightrope. Dark clouds billowed over the horizon, slinking through the woods, filling the sky withContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”
Spook-tober 2024
Day 6 I hadn’t completely lost the rational part of myself. I skirted the edge of the hill, and made my way around the fire, slowly. The blaze itself wouldn’t hold the answers I sought, even though the crackling conflagration captivated me fiercely. I needed to work my way back to the point of ignitionContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”
A Fortnight of Lust: Day 2
Beach By Dominick May With the new golden hue of the morning, a figure climbed out of the dark ocean. The morning sun hit the long and wet strawberry red hair. Her skin was smooth and soft with a slight tan, Her bare feet left light prints in the sand as she came up toContinue reading “A Fortnight of Lust: Day 2”
A Fortnight of Lust: Day 2
Beach He was a small child when he first saw her. He was spending the summer at his grandparents’ beach house. His parents thought the sea air would do him some good, and to get away from the bustle of the city for a while . When he was little he understood little of theContinue reading “A Fortnight of Lust: Day 2”
Spook-tober: Day 21
With a Twist by Elizabeth Averay I wake up with a start. It was just a dream. A dream I have had before but this one was a little different. The strange man spoke to me this time. I never know how the dream starts, what I can remember is suddenly there is a manContinue reading “Spook-tober: Day 21”
Acrid
For years she was told that a dragon lived in the hills and guarded a massive hoard of treasure. She liked the idea of such a thing, but it was just a myth–something you told to children as you tucked them into bed at night. She figured the rumors would disperse as she grew, butContinue reading “Acrid”
Veiled in Smoke
* And we are back. Technology issues have really gotten in the way, but I have a shiny new computer, so everything will resume from now on. I hope it is as good as every. * She was a vision–beauty of the highest caliber. He had watched her from afar for so long–yet it feltContinue reading “Veiled in Smoke”
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