Quiet Dreams: I don’t know what to do anymore
So, it has been nearly three months since I last posted and rather sporadic for some time before that. I had surgery in June that led to me being home-bound for seven weeks. That was when things really started to go downhill. It was frustrating not being able to run errands or even to do... Continue Reading →
Mental Health: By Just A Thread
Realistically, the title is an exaggeration. Hanging by my fingertips and occasionally sliding down the cliff would be more accurate. Perhaps even Sisyphean would be a better example. I have been pushing through depression and stress for so long now that my mind feels as though it is being pushed through stone in a near... Continue Reading →
Short Fiction: A New Life, A New Journey
She was young and thin, almost to the point of emaciation. The welts had mostly subsided, but there was no position she could find that didn’t cause them to ache. The principal had called again. With six missed days in two weeks, she must have suspected something. They never let her leave the house until... Continue Reading →
Tick Tock, Time is Fleeting: A Nightmare
He wasn’t old, but no longer young. A time was given for him to arrive, but would his quarry realize that the man had arrived early? Officers were on their way, but would they be on time? Would the sight of them endanger the victim? Even while telling them that he was no hero, the... Continue Reading →
The Nightmare Plague: Confrontation
Barnabus had grown weary of listening to his “passengers” incessant chatter. He had only intended to leave with Pug, but encountered so many pleading voices along the way that he could not leave them to be destroyed. Many of them had been turned to things of fear by people’s beliefs and not began their existence... Continue Reading →
Poetry: Trusting the Past
I have known you for a lifetime Considered you a constant companion You possessed my trust Through many dark days Now look at where we have come There is no presence My life is forsaken This spirit is foundering Introspection is cruelty Seeing now the past through new sight Am I truly made in your... Continue Reading →
Soldiers of the Void: Less Than a Friend, More Than a Enemy
Things could be worse, Mick conceded, but not by much. Lanny remained asleep, bordering on comatose, and the ship’s store of medicines were becoming taxed. Finding what he needed even on a developed planet will be difficult. Once again he thought of reaching out to the man, but remained unsure. How would he react to... Continue Reading →
Atomic City: Something for Nothing
The funeral had been a disaster, what with their children screaming at his retreating form. According to them, he was responsible for their mother getting cancer. Everyone tried to hush the teenagers, but the accusations rang in his ears. Every time it seemed the tears had run out, it would not be long before he... Continue Reading →
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