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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What Will You Write?
What will you write In the book of the night? What will you say As the dark takes the day? What will you see In the branch of the tree Or the swirl of the brook Or the spine of … Continue reading
Another One?
Davis: Another one? Wilson: ‘Fraid so, sir. Davis: Third in a week… Wilson: Yep, it’s turning out to be a bumper crop this year sir. Business is booming. Davis: That’s one way of looking at it. Wilson: Beats actually … Continue reading
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Tagged cults, dark, horror flash fiction, investigations, murder, police, ritual
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Sigil Magic
Image Credit: Vera Petruk/Shutterstock.com Lucy was strange little girl, everyone said. Always with her head in a book. The ‘Library Nerd’ one crueller playmate called her. But that was right before the playmate disappeared in the nearby woods and she … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, Horror, Magick, Sigil, sigil magick, sorcery, spells
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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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Never Come and Go
Those who come Within these woods Hear the drum That no-one could Escape or run To hide away For those who come Will always stay Within the walls This house alone For all its sins Cannot atone Those who come … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged dark, death, fear, horror poetry, house, trapped, woods
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Mr Movie Man
Please Mr Movie man Turn out the lights Show me the new release I will delight As all the actors dance Maybe they’ll sing I will be satisfied With anything If please Mr Movie man You just start the show … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, ghost, lonely, lost child, movies, requests, theatre
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Hallowed Grounds
They would come to worship in the depths of night, to these hallowed grounds. The forest marked the edges of humanity and the realm of the divine seemed but a heartbeat away, bleeding into their world through little candle lights. … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, dark, faith, Horror, reckoning, revenge, sacrifice, worship
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Light in the Dark
Just a little light In the deepest dark Just a little hope The merest spark It could be a ghost Shining in the hall It could be the end The end of it all It could be an angel Weeping … Continue reading
Strangled
I am strangled by your rules What you prescribe for life The limitations of choice The dictates of your world All written in black and white As though in print they come alive And reach out to hold me down … Continue reading
Meticulous
I may be a murderer, but I am meticulous. We all have our callings, and this – the slicing and dicing and curing of human meat – is mine. I make it an art work, a vocation. I am careful … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, Horror, horror flash fiction, life, murderer, serial killer, vocation
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The Darker Realms 