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
Writing
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
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
Tagged creativity, dark magic, hope, Horror, horror flash fiction, keyboard, magic, publishing, soul, writing
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Meticulous
I may be a murderer, but I am meticulous. We all have our callings, and this – the slicing and dicing and curing of human meat – is mine. I make it an art work, a vocation. I am careful … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, Horror, horror flash fiction, life, murderer, serial killer, vocation
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If You Knew
If you knew what I knew, she told me, you’d drink too. We found her in an alleyway, down near most of the other homeless. In that she would have been unremarkable, just another drunk, begging for money by day … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, Horror, horror flash fiction, initiation, selling your soul, society, soul, success, wealth
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Frankie
All Frankie ever wanted to be was a clown. My theory is he was a repressed child, and so he didn’t enjoy those younger years and was always trying to get back to them. Being a clown gave him a … Continue reading
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Tagged child killer, children, clown, Horror, horror flash fiction, monster, parties, revenge, town gossip
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Crow Man
The Crow Man came to the village in the spring. While flowers gently, shyly bloomed and the air took on the warmer promise of summer, he brought a different, incongruent chill. Freshly grown grass would wither with his footfall, and … Continue reading
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Tagged crow, dark magic, death, Horror, horror flash fiction, vengeful spirit, witch, wizard
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Let Me Out
Let me out she cried I am trapped inside Behind prison bars I am blood and scars Let me out she pled See how I have bled Let me take a life With my precious knife Let me out she … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged freedom, Horror, horror poetry, insanity, mad woman, murderer, pleading, trapped
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Empty
Round and round an empty room Lamplight shudders in the dark Flowers birthed without a bloom Fire shines without a spark Pacing up and down the floor Find no answers in the space Forgetting what you came here for Or … Continue reading
Out of the Mist
They came out of the mist when they came. Technically, the mist came first. The first mystery, the mist. falling on our little town one morning, one bright, bright summer morning when mist is incongruous and just should not be. … Continue reading
Posted in Horror Flash Fiction
Tagged death, fear, Horror, horror flash fiction, mist, monsters, science
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Last photo
This was the last photo taken of them before they disappeared. They had just been married, and the reception was in full swing, and they’d gone outside for a moment in the peaceful night together. Their photographer came out with … Continue reading
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Tagged disappearance, Horror, horror flash fiction, human trafficking, love, miracles, newlyweds, slave trade
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Ever Upwards
We called her ‘ever upwards’. She didn’t frighten us, and perhaps she should have, but when we first saw her we were about her age. Thing is, we were eleven or so years old then, and now we’re adults, but … Continue reading
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Tagged family tragedy, ghost, Horror, horror flash fiction, murder suicide, spiritual, stuck
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