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.
Tag Archives: death
Little Piggie
Little piggie with a knife Little piggy dripping blood Little piggie takes a life Little piggie understood Laughing masked man in the dark Screaming music like a lark Drawn across a bed of nails Dripping fear and screaming … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Horror, horror poetry, killer, pig, pig mask, serial killer
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The Skull
My family have a gift. Every one of us was born with it. The prescience, the sense of death or disaster coming. Like a little tribe of Cassandras, it’s not a pleasant offering, and we quickly learned not to … Continue reading
The Scarecrow
Lilly always said the scarecrow was her friend. The rest of us kids didn’t like it. We wouldn’t admit it, but we found the ugly monstrosity really scary. Kids never admit they’re afraid, but they usually are. Of thigs that … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
Tagged abduction, children, death, Horror, horror flash fiction
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Full Six Feet Deep
Full six feet deep we sleep The canopy of stars and clouds may weep Across the centuries we sweep Our secrets and our lies to keep Full six feet deep we sleep Full six feet deep we lie Our … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged death, ghosts horror, guilt, lies, Regrets, secrets, spiritual
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Man In Shadows
Man in shadows in the rain Face is hidden from your sight You might wish he would remain Or on seeing him take flight He’s like death And on his breath A promise sparkles bright In the rain such shadows … Continue reading
Purple Princess
Purple princess of the dawn From the flesh your beauty torn From the air your whirling mind You’re a creature of their kind Half like us and half insane Beauty saturates and stains Till nothing else remains Purple princess of … Continue reading
Crows Fly at Night
Crows fly at night Dawn wakens bright Red with blood and death As we lay the wreath Perfect in our sight Crows sing at dawn New world is born Red with death and blood Ushers in a god Heaven plundered, … Continue reading
Ghost in Chains
ImageCredit: kawephoto/Shutterstock.com Here I remain Here I reside Your ghost in chains Latched to your side Your victim still My rosy breath A bloodless kill Your perfect death As once in life I suffered pain Your dutiful wife In death … Continue reading
Come to Me, Speak
Come to me, speak I beg of you now I’m misshapen and weak but I loved once as though Even someone like me Could some beauty bestow Draw you out of the dark On this board may your voice … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged death, lost love, ouija board, seance, spirit, spiritism, unrequited love
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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
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
Tagged dark, death, Horror, Magick, Sigil, sigil magick, sorcery, spells
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The Darker Realms 