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.
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Consume
They say never go to where the trees meet in that forest. Where their branches and roots clasp to one another like some silent, waiting web. If you go there, they say, you don’t return. The trees are hungry, they … Continue reading
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Tagged consume, food, horror flash fiction, town myths, trapped, Trees
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Lucy, Lucy
Lucy, Lucy hear my call I would give my love to all Heard you weeping on the stair Know that you are hiding there In your room, beside your bed Can’t fool me just ’cause you’re dead Lucy, Lucy take … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged avenge, children, ghosts horror, horror poetry, revenge
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Normal
Reggie was never a normal boy, let’s be honest. He was hopeless at school. Bright enough, but never in sync with the other kids. A loner they said, though you could see him sometimes, sitting on his own, gazing at … Continue reading
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Tagged bullies, Horror, horror flash fiction, loneliness, loner, mystery, outcast, teenage
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In Those Days
In those days the children went missing In the cornfields the scarecrows would weep As darker angels rocked the children to their deeper sleep And we would search across the lands Nothing but hope in our trembling hands All the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crops, darkness, history, Horror, horror poetry, Regrets, sacrifice
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The Shrink
“What do you see?” I asked the shrink, just like he’d ask me with all those damned Rorschach tests in his cold clinic rooms. I held up my art, my handiwork. The creativity of it thrills me just to think … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, Horror, horror flash fiction, kidnapping, psychiatry, Rorschach tests, serial killer, therapy
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Little Light
She followed the little light into the forest. At first it was a glow into distance, down a pleasant, welcoming track. It beckoned her with a promise of light and warmth, and the night was very cold and very dark, … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, entrapped, forest, Horror, horror flash fiction, light, night, Trickery
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Darkness Castle
The tour guide promised a visit to an historic site ‘steeped in blood and mystery.’ They called it the ‘Darkness Castle’. It was abandoned now, and ruined by centuries of weather and the indifferent cruelty of time. Still, that seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood sacrifice, Castles, darkness, Horror, horror flash fiction, murder, sacrifice, Tourist
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Last Thing They’ll See
Remember little one I told you As I hung above your crib Those many years ago That angels come in many forms So many you might know Not only kindness, sweetness We are warriors We are kings We are many, … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, angels, champion, horror poetry, protection, vengenance
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Can You See It?
Can you see it in my eyes? In my smile? I see you, behind the mirror, my other self, my best self. You are smiling back at me. You are pleased. Did the blood on my hands soothe you? Did … Continue reading
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Tagged death, dissociative identity disorder, Horror, horror flash fictiojn, mirror, murder, serial killer
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Do Not Call Them
Listen children as I tell you a story. The one story you must be told and must believe, and with the one moral you must always follow. And the moral is so important I will say it at the beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged cults, death, drowning, ghosts, haunting, Horror, horror flash fiction, power
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The Darker Realms 