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
The Doll
Lucy loved her little harlequin doll. Her grandmother gave her the doll on her fifth birthday, telling her it was an heirloom and very precious and she was finally old enough to take proper care of it. Lucy solemnly took … Continue reading
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Tagged children, death, doll, harlequin, Horror, horror flash fiction, protection, school bully
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Meticulous
I may be a murderer, but I am meticulous. We all have our callings, and this – the slicing and dicing and curing of human meat – is mine. I make it an art work, a vocation. I am careful … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, Horror, horror flash fiction, life, murderer, serial killer, vocation
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Crow Man
The Crow Man came to the village in the spring. While flowers gently, shyly bloomed and the air took on the warmer promise of summer, he brought a different, incongruent chill. Freshly grown grass would wither with his footfall, and … Continue reading
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Tagged crow, dark magic, death, Horror, horror flash fiction, vengeful spirit, witch, wizard
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Out of the Mist
They came out of the mist when they came. Technically, the mist came first. The first mystery, the mist. falling on our little town one morning, one bright, bright summer morning when mist is incongruous and just should not be. … Continue reading
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Tagged death, fear, Horror, horror flash fiction, mist, monsters, science
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Forsaken
After the war all signs of vibrancy were gone. We went, my friend and I, to the old mall where once we’d spent many a lazy, pointless morning. It had been a tribal rite of sorts, the meetings in the … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, death, despair, end, horror flash fiction, soldiers, survival, war, wreckage
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The Girl in the Wall
She would appear on full moon nights. Only in that one room, up in the attic, and only then. He only saw her because, on such glorious light soaked evenings, he wanted to be at the top of the house, … Continue reading
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Tagged companionship, death, full moon, ghost, haunted house, horror flash fiction, peace, understanding
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Catacombs
Down in the catacombs Rhys, David and me Looking for danger Insolent, free Our bloodied hands A warning sign Destroy all that’s innocent Everything fine Down in the catacombs Rhys, David and me Only fools trespass Down in the mines … Continue reading
Kissing Trees
I remember the kissing trees, as we called them when we were young. They were in the wooded area on the outskirts of town. The place we would go to play when what kissing trees might signify was barely known … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, death, disappearance, fear, horror flash fiction, kissing, portal, romance
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Sun Lord
The ancients knew, everything comes and departs by the sun. My family grew in this tradition, as generations before. In every other religion, every other myth, our truth was hidden, only for the initiates to recognise. Death and rebirth, sacrifice … Continue reading
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Tagged death, horror flash fiction, politics, power, resurrection, sacrifice, sun, worship
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