Tag Archives: dark

(Flash Fiction) Spider Girl

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Helen

  Spider girl loved her web.  Sometimes it was on the walls, or the cornices of an abandoned house.  Sometimes it was between trees.  And sometimes, the best times, it was over swamps, mixing with the murky depths of water. … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Seven: Pride

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Helen

We called them the ‘Prideful Ones’ or the ‘Conceited Gang”. I remember that well, from school. They liked the names, even if they were not kindly meant.  They could afford to, for their pride arose from their social status.  Every … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Six: Envy

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Helen

It was a small offering. The group is demanding, but one so fresh and innocent is always welcomed. And she was fresh as morning dew, and twice as innocent. She had no right to be so untouched, so perfect. Life … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Five: Wrath

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Helen

In hell they rage.  They wake in torment and they scream to the unhearing universe. In hell every slight, every scornful look, every trick played upon them is etched large and dark.  Hell is not fire, hell is not external … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Two: Gluttony

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Helen

I couldn’t stop.  No-one could.  We just woke up this way, part of the ‘hungry world’. Someone said it was a curse that some warlock had made out of anger, spite or just to test his power.  Others said it … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) One: Lust

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Helen

There are rules to this game.  They are ancient.  There is no sign of the matriarchal lines here. The rules work for men only.  As it has been for centuries. This is the way they trap you.  This is the … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Photography

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Helen

He would show up in my photography. At first it was so indistinct I just thought I had some flaw in the digital camera. I almost went back to the shop with it, but initially  his image came and went. … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) There

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Helen

That’s where they took us as I told the police. This dank, broken place. Once it was a warehouse, one of them said, but it had been abandoned for years. It was a good place, he said, a good place … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Office Clown

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Helen

I was always the office clown. Every major event, especially Christmas and Easter, I’d put on a show. And in between I was the prankster, the joker, the one to bring a bit of levity into things. I had a … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Faces

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Helen

Sometimes I have trouble choosing the right face for the day. My handlers have said it should be of little matter really, for most appear largely the same. Yet the differences are subtle but educative. I cannot, for instance, wear … Continue reading →

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