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: Horror
(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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The Mystic (Horror Flash Fiction)
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
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
Tagged church, cross, dark, dark night of the soul, faith, Horror, horror flash fiction, killer, murder, mystic, psychosis, religious belief, sacrifice, yearning
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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
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
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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Pieces of Me
Pieces of me Take such pieces of me Blood from my veins Flesh from my limbs Hair from my scalp Take it all now Ghostly hands will have Their due Pieces of me Consume such pieces of me All that … Continue reading
(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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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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged dark poetry, dead, death, dread, Horror, hospital, murder, poetry
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