Against the Cold 3
I looked around the room again, taking it in now that I could see better. The chairs were beautifully upholstered in a mahogany-red, the coffee table and end…
Against the Cold 2
She appeared the same as before, in a dress with her hair down, all in shades of blue and white. “Grace!” I paused, unsure where to begin. “I’ve been wanting…
We Are Not Ghosts in Space Yet
The fog is blanket over the world. And in this foggy world, each soul is shackled to a hundred others, connecting us all through time and through space…
Like A Taxi Cab Waiting
If I take one step forward down this path in the park the transparent man sitting on the bench down the way will walk up to me, offering his hand. He usually…
The Ghost and The Prophecy
The snow was thick on the ground when her child was born. She didn’t hold on long enough to learn the child’s name and so passed on into the spirit world never…
Ghost Stories
We used to believe in ghosts. Somehow a ring of firelight makes everything outside it even darker. We didn’t know what lurked in the woods beyond, and yet…
The House on the Hill
The house was cold. A bitter crisp cold like the first haunting of a winter’s night. The hallways were silent as she glided through the shadows. Her fingers…
Vaporized Into Oblivion
There’s a ghost that follows me on my way home from work on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. He thinks he’s clever the way he hides beneath the grimy…
The Silk Lily: Haunted
Raiku watched the two girls disappear around the corner of the hallway in the direction of the communal baths. An aura of solemn secrecy surrounded them. In a…
I See You.
I can see them in the mirrors. They hover behind me. Their faces are smeared with blood, they weep blood with their empty holes for eyes. They tear their hair…
Supernatural Superstition
He doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he does believe in haunted places. Some towns, he can’t even visit, because it seems every street corner is inhabited…
Nom
She dragged me by the hand like a disobedient dog on a chain. The forest had small steep hills but she knew this area well. Everything was different shades of…
Catastrophic Sleep
A molten moon Lit midnight like noon So suddenly soon I entered a plume Of mist and gloom Becoming a ghost Before I left my room
Haunted
I sigh as I get in bed and pull up the covers. It has been a thoroughly exhausting day, and I’m in dire need of a few hours rest. As I roll over, I notice a…
Brimstone & Paperclips 01
The floor boards creak as I walk down the hall and I roll my eyes. Of course they creak. God knows it wouldn’t be a haunted house if the floor boards didn’t…
Shadows are scary
Alice was swimming happily. Pearl was awaiting her turn to take a splashy revenge on Alice. Then Annie joined them in their water fight. Zia sat there enjoying…
When I was drowning in the holy water.
I look down at her as she lays on her bed, she is wearing a white gown and her dark brown hair is free and spread out on the pillow. She looks more beautiful…
Fathers Day Part IV
“You know I haven’t heard the new Green Day album. I also don’t know much about the world today. But I’ve seen this country as a result of a war, and I can…
Fathers Day Part III
“I need to know how you feel about the world today. What do you think about Green Day’s American Idiot album? The war in Iraq, our president, the economy, and…
Fathers Day Part II
He tried to give me a welcoming grin, but all I saw were the rotting teeth and the black holes where teeth should have been. “You’re an adult.” He said, still…