The Darker Realms
This blog is about the darker realms, the places where nightmares and dreams lurk below conscious thought. Join me in a journey into the night.
Author Archives: Helen
About Helen
I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.The Others – Two
Still being fired probably wouldn’t have mattered all that much but my untimely unemployment cut off my funds for what I was really working on. I had this idea, you see, this concept, to film and work with the social … Continue reading →
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Tagged creaivity, experiments, filming, filmprojects, Horror, Horror writing, mystery, projects, sci fi mashup, The Others
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Animation – Two
Three months ago I did not know my power. I was famous, respected, but remained essentially hidden. I always hated the pomp and ceremony of my exhibitions. I was known for being elusive, reclusive, and almost impolite. I was not … Continue reading →
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Tagged Animation, disfigurement, fear, Horror, Horror writing, isolation, painter, rejection, self esteem, sexuality, society, ugliness
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The Others – One
I’m the guy with the ideas. That’s how I’ve always been, that’s how I’ll always be. And my ideas have taken me to some interesting places I must say. Not places I would have expected, or even imagined in my … Continue reading →
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Tagged alien, camera, filming, home shopping, Horror writing, hrror, ideas, job, mystery, photography, resentment, strange, The Others, work
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Animation – One
Two weeks ago I killed a woman. I did this deliberately. I knew precisely what I was doing and I planned and executed it all. But there is no evidence, any way that I can ever be held accountable for … Continue reading →
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Tagged Animation, death, fairy tales, fear, god, god like, Horror, Horror writing, murder, painter, regret
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The Hanged Girl – Twenty
Lisa woke alone, to the sound of police sirens outside her house. She barely had time to register the sad loneliness of waking without Damien there, not even knowing he had left her in the night or what to … Continue reading →
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Tagged anger, belief, darkness, death, despair, destiny, devil, gothic horror, grief, Horror, Horror writing, loss, revenge, tarot, The Hanged Girl
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The Flavour of Spite – Twenty
Francine is remembering something, looking at his broken, dead body at her feet. She’s trying to feel something other than revulsion at this form. There is no pity, but beneath it all, there are memories, tugging at her. People like … Continue reading →
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Tagged cannibal, darkness, death, escape, final, flavour, Flavour of Spite, guilt, Horror, Horror writing, memory, revenge
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The Hanged Girl – Nineteen
Early the next morning the school revellers were awaking. Little real studying had occurred the evening before, and perhaps even the principal would admit that was not really the intended or expected outcome of the event. It was more about … Continue reading →
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Tagged darkness, despair, gothic horror, Horror, loss, mass murder, rage, school shooting, serial killer, shooting, The Hanged Girl
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The Flavour of Spite – Nineteen
Dearest Violet is in my kitchen, slicing and dicing vegetables for our soup. She has chosen a recipe for chicken soup, and the meat is already finely sliced and lightly fried, and it now sits on blotting paper to the … Continue reading →
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Tagged anger, darkness, death, escape, fear, flashbacks, Flavour of Spite, freedom, Horror, Horror writing, murder, revenge, triggers
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The Hanged Girl – Eighteen
Lisa took the day off from the bookstore, claiming a migraine and getting the casual staff member Bruce to watch over the business for her in her absence. But in truth it was not a migraine that kept her away … Continue reading →
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Tagged anger, death, desire, despair, gothic horror, hopeless, Horror, Horror writing, jealousy, love, lovers, lust, rejection, The Hanged Girl
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The Flavour of Spite – Eighteen
He returns later, about an hour later, to do the session. He apologises for his forgetfulness as though he has left his lover waiting. Perhaps he thinks he has, but it is crueller still to have given that brief time … Continue reading →
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Tagged cannibal, darkness, evil, Flavour of Spite, Horror, Horror writing, pain, surgery, trauma, trauma based mind control
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