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
Skulls
These tales we tell From bleached bones Rattling teeth Open jaws Bereft of tongue and sinew Still we speak Piled high we tell Of death most foul Victims all Of power’s struggles We know the ineffable Truth of life and … Continue reading
(Flash Fiction) Television
The first sign was on television. In retrospect that might have been surprising, given the total unrest, but I didn’t hear it. Or if I did I didn’t understand, in my first waking moments, that the sound was louder than … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, broadcasting, carnage, dark, death, fear, flash fiction, Horror, mayhem, murder, news, television
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Corridors
Down such corridors Down, down Blood red shining In my blinking eyes There is terror here There is dull surprise Down these corridors Down such vacant halls Down, down Where no souls reside Except the woken dead Feel them touch … Continue reading
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Tagged dark poetry, dead, death, dread, Horror, hospital, murder, poetry
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(Flash Fiction) Seven: Pride
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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Tagged dark, death, fear, flash fiction, Hades, Horror, Persephone, pride, seven deadly sins, vanity
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(Flash Fiction) Six: Envy
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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Tagged dark, death, deceit, envy, flash fiction, Horror, sacrifice, seven deadly sins
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(Flash Fiction) Photography
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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Tagged dark, death, flash fiction, ghost, Horror, images, models, murder, photography
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(Flash Fiction) There
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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Tagged abuse, dark, death, fear, flash fiction, Horror, ritual, satanism
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(Flash Fiction) Office Clown
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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Tagged clown, corporate life, dark, death, flash fiction, Horror, murder, office, office clown, severance
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(Flash Fiction) Old Friend
She missed her old friend. As a child she was told he was imaginary, but she knew better. He dwelt above her bed head, in the corner crevice of the ceiling, and would emerge when it was only her there … Continue reading
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Tagged death, demon, horror flash fiction, imaginary friends, insanity, murder, old friend, price, promises, sacrifice
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