Tag Archives: hope

Light in the Dark

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Helen

Just a little light In the deepest dark Just a little hope The merest spark It could be a ghost Shining in the hall It could be the end The end of it all It could be an angel Weeping … Continue reading →

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Priestesses

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Helen

The priestesses haunt my dreams. they always have, even when I was a child. I do not know when I first saw them, when my parents first took me to a ritual, it is too long ago to recall. I … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Helen

They told her to wait. They were busy they said. She tried to protest that her brother was lost, was missing, and surely this must be important? Wait, they said, we will get to you all in good time. Hours … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Helen

Writing to order these days, he thought. Last week it was comedy, this week horror. Dialling it in. Somewhere along the way he’d lost his spark. When was that? The endless revisions to fit varying tastes? The dumbing down of … Continue reading →

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Help Me

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Helen

“These days no-one can just kill anyone anymore,” Jason said with distaste. “They have to make a show of it, something arty and pretentious.” He had a point. I looked at the sign scrawled in blood on the wall: “Help … Continue reading →

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Birthday Choice (Horror Flash Fiction)

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Helen

She knew her father was different to other fathers. He was far more clever, and some say he had magic in his soul. And she was not like other little girls, she knew that too. How could she be, with … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Five: Wrath

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Helen

In hell they rage.  They wake in torment and they scream to the unhearing universe. In hell every slight, every scornful look, every trick played upon them is etched large and dark.  Hell is not fire, hell is not external … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Eighteen

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Helen

So David commenced a life on the high wire, a balancing act of comic book proportions. One the one hand, he followed Andrew’s lead and his suggestions and allowed him to fashion for him a program for success. Andrew definitely … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Thirteen

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Helen

David felt disappointment collapse in his chest, a trickling that turned quickly to what felt like a gushing of blood in his chest cavity. It was physical, this reaction, it was sickening. Could she be persuaded to see someone else? … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Eight

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Helen

It was also about time to go behind the makeshift curtain because the first couple of acts had almost finished – each, David thought with a sense of self-gratification, ignored by Andrew. Perhaps it was his night after all, in … Continue reading →

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