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: flash fiction
(Flash Fiction) Doll
Beware the doll. It looks so simple, so innocent, and it’s very, very old. Passed down they say throughout the generations, mother to daughter, a heart line and bloodline of mystery. It belongs to an older age, a time when … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, doll, flash fiction, Horror, mystery, occult lineages, rose and cross, traditions, voodoo
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(Flash Fiction) Younger
When I was younger I had little fear. I suppose those who have little knowledge cannot truly appreciate why one should be afraid. So little of life has touched one in childhood, if one’s childhood and one’s parents are largely … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, evil, fear, flash fiction, Horror, innocence, knowledge, secrets, tunnels, wealth
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(Flash Fiction) The Reaping
We wait for you in the corn. You will come to us. You must come to us. We have been blooded, from birth, to prepare us. We are young but we are ancient. No child is a child in this … Continue reading
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Tagged cult, flash fiction, harvest, Horror, hungry gods, reaping, ritual, sacrifice
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(Flash Fiction) Blackbird
The blackbird came rarely, and when it came, it brought death in its wake. No-one knew why. It was just a bird, and acted no differently to its feathered kin. But time and again this one returned, and every time, … Continue reading
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Tagged blackbird, dark, death, family, flash fiction, grief, Horror, kin, loss, psychopomp, Salem, witches
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(Flash Fiction) Predator or Prey
“Ladies and gentlemen, our last exhibit for the night is something special indeed!” The master of ceremonies and chief auctioneer rubbed his hands with glee as the cage was brought out, wheeled by two hefty men for strength was indeed … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, auction, dark, demon, flash fiction, Horror, predator, prey
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(Flash Fiction) Dolly Did It
She was such a little doll, that’s what they all said. Her skin so white and smooth, her face so structurally perfect, her eyes so wide and blue. Just a little doll. So they laughed when as a child she … Continue reading
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Tagged child, childish, dark, demanding, dolls, flash fiction, Horror, murder, toys
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(Flash Fiction) Thirty Three
On his thirty-third birthday the party was a ritual. He had been preparing for this most of his young life, so he was neither dismayed nor nervous. He had been groomed for the moment, and had studied all the texts … Continue reading
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Tagged bloodlines, dark, family, flash fiction, Horror, numbers, numerology, ritual, sacrifice, thirty three
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(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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(Flash Fiction) Picture on the Wall
In my uncle’s house there is a curious picture on the lounge room wall. It hangs above the television, which seems an odd place for it, for something in its tone and feel is ancient. A thing long before electricity … Continue reading
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Tagged art, captivity, darkness, fear, flash fiction, Horror, memory, torture, trauma
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