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Dark Water

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Helen

I knew a magician once. Not the kind that performs sleight of hand on stage, or hypnotises the gullible. The real thing, a magician who practised ritual and who believed, to his essential core, in the ultimate strangeness of the … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Doll

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Helen

Beware the doll. It looks so simple, so innocent, and it’s very, very old. Passed down they say throughout the generations, mother to daughter, a heart line and bloodline of mystery. It belongs to an older age, a time when … Continue reading →

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The Mystic (Horror Flash Fiction)

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Helen

The mystic brushes the leaves and dirt carefully, in a simple, meditative circular motion. In this as in all things he is precise, deliberate and on the brink of peace. The morning is only just breathing, the light of a … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Blackbird

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Helen

The blackbird came rarely, and when it came, it brought death in its wake. No-one knew why. It was just a bird, and acted no differently to its feathered kin. But time and again this one returned, and every time, … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Predator or Prey

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Helen

“Ladies and gentlemen, our last exhibit for the night is something special indeed!” The master of ceremonies and chief auctioneer rubbed his hands with glee as the cage was brought out, wheeled by two hefty men for strength was indeed … Continue reading →

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Pieces of Me

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Helen

Pieces of me Take such pieces of me Blood from my veins Flesh from my limbs Hair from my scalp Take it all now Ghostly hands will have Their due Pieces of me Consume such pieces of me All that … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Dolly Did It

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Helen

She was such a little doll, that’s what they all said. Her skin so white and smooth, her face so structurally perfect, her eyes so wide and blue. Just a little doll. So they laughed when as a child she … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Thirty Three

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Helen

On his thirty-third birthday the party was a ritual. He had been preparing for this most of his young life, so he was neither dismayed nor nervous.  He had been groomed for the moment, and had studied all the texts … Continue reading →

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Woods

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Helen

I met the devil in the woods Emerged from fire as he should The flames he brought within his wake I saw the trees had yet withstood And here I made my first mistake For fire was water like a … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Television

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Helen

The first sign was on television.  In retrospect that might have been surprising, given the total unrest, but I didn’t hear it.  Or if I did I didn’t understand, in my first waking moments, that the sound was louder than … Continue reading →

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