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
Entropy
I am living entropy dissolving Into the uncaring sky Surrounded by the cacophony of lives lived unseeing Floating dissolution, dislocation Piece by piece I am my father’s child Loveless and alone Barren and old now Fulfilling the genetic blueprint Set … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged death, dissolution, entropy, family, fear, isolation, the end
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The Journeyman
Did you hear the story about the journeyman? They say he comes on the coldest of nights, walking only by the light of the moon, from the darkness into a small town, somewhere, in the heartland, always the same. He’s … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged bad portent, death, disease, fear, Horror, journeyman, madness, omen
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This Blood I Have Shed
This blood I have shed for you. To free you. To stop the pain. He will not hurt you, touch you, make you his, ever again, ever again. My sins overwhelm me constantly but I’m not alone. All of those … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged death, fear, Horror, killer, love, protection, sacrifice
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Eye
What do I spy With my little eye? The food on my table The day that you die What do I see Running from me? A sheer delicacy Waiting to flee Reptilian cold I am so old Your fortune told … Continue reading
We Didn’t Notice
We didn’t notice When things got real We’d forgotten truth Or how to feel Just watching movies on An endless reel I heard them laugh Though little knew It wasn’t a movie They came leaking through And by that time … Continue reading
Scream
I hear you scream still In my fevered dream Cloth cannot dull the tones So harsh that claw within A guilty mind For this is what I find I hear the guttural cry You uttered as you died The shroud … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged death, ghosts, guilt, horror poetry, murder, revenge
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Hands
After the deluge all I could remember were those last moments, and the hands. The hands reaching out from the multitudes falling, grasping, hurtling into the other place, the void. They opened that first portal despite all the warnings. Curiosity … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged black hole, death, fear, Horror, portals, quantum physics, void
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The End
The end, they say, came with fire and fury. Above us the sky became a golden war field, beautiful and dread. Power beyond understanding, likened only to the gods, but formed from science and with the wicked determination of mankind. … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged afterlife, apocalypse, armageddon, blindness, choice, death, limbo, sins, the end
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Blood Bride
Pale Beauty The Blood Bride Solemn vows All the fear Held deep inside Waiting patient Wedding bells Softly ring Taking her Down to hell Sacrifice Every year One will fall At your feet Trembling here Pale beauty The Blood Bride … Continue reading
The Bridge
No-one crossed the bridge. No-one. This was well-known. You did not leave our town. Its small, perfect streets and gardens prescribed your life. And you were happy with that, content. Any wish to see more, to understand more, was schooled … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged allegory, choice, death, Horror, horror flash fiction
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