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
You
I see you Do you see me too? What do you think We’re going to do? Don’t you run Don’t you try to hide All these secrets I’m holding inside Walked for days Right to your door What do you … Continue reading
Play
Johnny liked to play. He was a baseball star in high school, and he had big, big dreams of playing for his State, or even the country. Big, big dreams are risky. Better perhaps to have smaller aims and avoid … Continue reading
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Tagged ambition, baseball, choice, competition, death, flash fiction, Horror, judgement
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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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Movie Mayhem
He had a reputation for taking his films to the very edge. Love scenes verged on pornography, death scenes verged on snuff and psychological horror famously drove various studio unfortunates completely mad. Darious King ensured, like his name, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged cruelty, death, fame, film, Horror, horror flash fiction, movies, sacrifice
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Midas Kiss
They said she had the Midas Kiss. One touch, one caress, of her lips and all turned to gold in your world. Not literally, of course. Well..not at first.. That’s the thing, isn’t it, with promises too sweet? With the … Continue reading
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Tagged death, fame, flash fiction, Fortune, Gold, greed, Horror, Midas, Trickery
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Career Advice for the Afterlife
So let’s look at your life resume. What did you excel at, what did you achieve, before you skipped off the mortal coil and found yourself here? They say you were a ruthless salesperson, a money maker through cutting through … Continue reading
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Tagged afterife, black comedy, careers, darkness, death, Horror, Reaper, recruitment, satire
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The Nuns of Saint Claire
Beware they said The nuns of Saint Clare Don’t go there they said Never go there For they’ll eat you alive It’s how they survive The terrible nuns of Saint Claire None spared they said The nuns of Saint Claire … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged cannibals, darkness, death, demons, fear, Horror, nursery rhyme, poetry, possessed
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The Search Party
He stayed out past the time the search party gave up. He knew he was probably searching for her ghost now, his little girl, because he knew the statistics of time and missing children and he knew the rumours of … Continue reading
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Tagged death, grief, Horror, kidnapping, loss, lost children, search party, searching
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Girl Power
In my town ‘girl power’ means something different I know what it means in comics and movies. I know it’s all about super powers and aliens, or magical suits, or being bitten by spiders or some such rot. And I … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, cult, death, girl power, harvest, ritual, sacrifice
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Black Cat
Black cat watching Deep in the night Spring out one moment Kill us with fright Black cat purring Stalking its prey Who will survive till Sweet break of day? Black cat omen Witches and spells All of your secrets Nobody … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged bad luck, black cat, death, fear, Horror, omen
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