* Poem * Species Dysphoria III
SPECIES DYSPHORIA III - The career chaser * * * | Dons catspaw talks proceed slowly privacy, first amendment teaser looks ditched enough to count on year renewed, urgency here |  | |...
Pretty Stories for Ugly Children #3
HE HATES HIS WIFE SHE GOES SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES TOO YOUNG FOR HER AGE RIDICULOUS SHE'S PAST 50 AND PALE ORANGE-PEEL SKIN WITH FAT ROLLS AROUND HER BELLY HE WATCHES YOUTHS GO BY SHE SQUEEZES HER WINE GLASS INTO THE SAND I'LL BE BACK IN A...
One Dot Below the I (#2)
AND HERE'S AN OLD MAN WEARING SUNGLASSES AND A GIRL IN A PLASTIC RAINCOAT WITH A HOOD HERE IS THE MAN WITH THE SUNGLASSES NOW WITH HIS CANE AND THE GIRL IN THE RAINCOAT, NOW FADING AND HERE'S YOUR OLD FATHER BENEATH THE TREES AND YOUR LOVER'S FACE...
Sean of the Lake
She walked through Oakenford park after work, as always. The joggers, the dog-walkers and the old people feeding squirrels, all made her feel less alone. They were her family for half an hour every day, before reality of an empty apartment settled...
*poem* Just...now
THIS POEM HAS THE PROPERTIES EXISTENCE WOULD HAVE IF DEATH HAD NOT EXISTED IF TIME ARRIVED AND DIDN'T PASS LIKE A LIQUID, IT WOULD OCCUPY ALL EVERY DIFFERENCE WOULD EXIST AND CARRY ON AS TRUTH ALL OPPOSITES COLLAPSE AND EVERY EXCEPTION BECOME...
Omniscient Third
**Omniscient Third** **By Glycanthrope** Allow me to introduce myself: I am a fly. A very ordinary housefly, at times drab black and grey, at other times iridescent as light reflects off of my body and wings and turns to colour. Perhaps nothing to...
One Dot Below the I (#4)
I'LL BEGIN THIS POEM A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HERE POEM ONLY A MINUTE OR SO BEFORE YOU CAME IN POEM YOU THOUGHT TOO LONG ABOUT IT AND YOU MISSED POEM THE FIRST LINES TOO BAD, THAT WAS THE BEST POEM AND HALFWAYS YOU THINK (POEM) "THAT WAS EASIER THAN...
Fallen Angels, Part two - Falling From Grace
Chapter one Falling From Grace "Daniel?" "Speaking." "Quinn here." _Inspector Quinn?_I reached for the remote and put _Kind of Blue_on pause. Quinn is one of the few people outside of my family who knows about my unusual condition. He's also chief...
Pages From a Dog’s Diary #3
It really doesn't take much - a warm space under the kitchen table, the simmering kettle on the polished stove - Mrs Grant's quiet humming of a popular song.You could also say, it takes a whole lot, but mostly it's the sum of tiny things that makes...
Cry Me a Murder (part six): I Won't be Calling Home, mother - I'm Dead.
"Dude, I'm in trouble." I hesitated contacting inspector Quinn, because I knew he would blow a fuse if I told him about Archie Phelps, and in particular about my involvement in his demise by demon. So I postponed the call until ten thirty, when I knew...
Cry me a Murder (conclusion) Otherkin, my Demonheart
I left the seaside town of San Blas, driving east towards El corral and the convent of Iuna's sisters. The sisterhood, and with them Nurse Richards were sworn to protect the innocent and the weak. If Richards had fled the hotel with Chris Tell, the...
Salt of the New Earth (*Short story*) Part 2 of 3
_Mavericks, daredevils, risk-takers… and outcasts._ _This was the kind of people who signed up for interstellar travels. They were brave people, but every soul had their quirks, and the crew aboard the Stargonaut was no exception:_ _Navigator...