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Flash Fiction – The Baths

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Helen

After the pain they would bathe you. After the torture there was usually blood, or bruised skin and aching muscles. With some little kindness, sometimes they used epsom salts in the baths. You would sink into them, ignoring the dirt … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction – Angry Child

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Helen

She was an angry child. And as they say, angry children grow into angry adults. Her parents barely noticed, but then they barely noticed her at all. They were busy, of course, being ambitious, being successful, being wealthy. And so … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction – Clown Gang

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Helen

The clown gang are professionals. You can hire them individually for parties and for shows and they will certainly play their part. But their real work is more hidden, and only those in the know understand. Only those in the … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale (Horror Flash Fiction)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Helen

Once upon a time there was a wicked magician who became obsessed with a young local girl. She was unimpressed with his tricks and fancies and loved another simple boy, and the wicked magician was furious. He determined if he … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction – Devil

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Helen

The devil lives here. All the older inhabitants of our little town say so. They say on winter nights you might catch his shadow in the moonlight as he stands at his window, looking out. Many years ago, they say, … Continue reading →

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Dark Water

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Helen

I knew a magician once. Not the kind that performs sleight of hand on stage, or hypnotises the gullible. The real thing, a magician who practised ritual and who believed, to his essential core, in the ultimate strangeness of the … Continue reading →

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The Mystic (Horror Flash Fiction)

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Helen

The mystic brushes the leaves and dirt carefully, in a simple, meditative circular motion. In this as in all things he is precise, deliberate and on the brink of peace. The morning is only just breathing, the light of a … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) One: Lust

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Helen

There are rules to this game.  They are ancient.  There is no sign of the matriarchal lines here. The rules work for men only.  As it has been for centuries. This is the way they trap you.  This is the … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Old Friend

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Helen

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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