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Another One?

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Helen

  Davis: Another one? Wilson: ‘Fraid so, sir. Davis: Third in a week… Wilson: Yep, it’s turning out to be a bumper crop this year sir. Business is booming. Davis: That’s one way of looking at it. Wilson: Beats actually … Continue reading →

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Girl Power

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Helen

In my town ‘girl power’ means something different I know what it means in comics and movies. I know it’s all about super powers and aliens, or magical suits, or being bitten by spiders or some such rot. And I … Continue reading →

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Older Gods

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Helen

They said the older gods were returning. They kept skulls of animals to approximate their gods. She liked the skulls very much. She could feel their power and promise when she held them. She could almost hear the gods on … Continue reading →

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Ritual

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Helen

She offered herself for the ritual. It was to be her twin sister, but she loved her sister too much. She said take me, and so they did. She was a believer, she always spoke in mystical terms, and saw … 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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God’s Face

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Helen

On his sixteenth birthday they took him to the special church. There, they said, he would undergo the trials and the tortures that would cleanse him, redeem him and make him worthy. Worthy to look upon it, to see it, … Continue reading →

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Butterfly

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Helen

Your chrysalis becomes you Little would be butterfly Entrapment as transition To live you first must die And you will know the truth By and by You struggle in the confines Such impatience butterfly! You argue with your betters You’re … Continue reading →

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Baphomet

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Helen

His father told him of the Templar god. “Many men died for this idol,” he said. “Dignified, heroic, in torture and pain.” “And why would men die for an idol?” he asked, his eyes wide as he gazed at the … Continue reading →

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Blood Bride

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Helen

Pale Beauty The Blood Bride Solemn vows All the fear Held deep inside Waiting patient Wedding bells Softly ring Taking her Down to hell Sacrifice Every year One will fall At your feet Trembling here Pale beauty The Blood Bride … Continue reading →

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My Friend

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Helen

My friend I have been very studious. You think me but a child perhaps but I am older than old. I’ve been watching mommy and daddy at their work. They think I do not see, that I lie quiet in … Continue reading →

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