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#OctPoWriMo Day 4: The Guilty Man and other animals

The Guilty Man and other animals Trapped Cornered Wild eyes darting All claws and fangs Each hair erect Sprouting from goose flesh Jaw tight Muscles twitching Blood rushing from core to extremities Flush and frothing Fight or flight The uncontrolled response Is the same

OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security

Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Insecurity. It is a very fitting theme for my day. In Security A crushing blow of insecurity Why again? The shock. My love wants free I hope I feel the joy and release “The single life,” he said with such ease I see his view. Now I don’t have to care.Continue reading “OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security”

It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry

I had pretty much spaced #Writober3 until this morning. Because I’m in New Orleans and my schedule is out of my hands, I won’t be as on top of my daily writing as I have been the last couple of years, but I’m going to try to do the daily poems for OctPoWriMo and IContinue reading “It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry”

#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors

This image is full of story potential. It makes me think of magical worlds like Narnia and Oz,but it also makes me think of all those great stories where the story an author is writing becomes real like Stranger than Fiction, Secret Window and In the Mouth of Madness. What story do you see? IsContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors”

#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!

An invasion of skeletons. Are they only after you because you accidentally summoned them with a spell book or an ancient amulet? Have all of the science class skeletons risen up to take over the world? This image makes me think of the attack skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts but it also brings upContinue reading “#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!”

#Writober Day 29: Alien Invasion

Isn’t this image amazing? I love this creature. Such a great design and rendering. Last year, the alien image inspired me to write a story about the subtle reptilian invasion going on under our noses; co-workers and friends in human form until “the change”. This year, I’m thinking full-scale, violent invasion. A whole army ofContinue reading “#Writober Day 29: Alien Invasion”

#Writober Day 28: Underwater Living

I love these haunting images of life underwater. They make me think of Atlantis in decay. Maybe a gritty crime drama set in the underwater city. It makes me think of mermaids, but not The Little Mermaid kind. More like the scary ones from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I looked up scaryContinue reading “#Writober Day 28: Underwater Living”

#Writober Day 27: Watch what you wish for, it may show up in mutated ways

I don’t have much to say about this one. I’m listening to Nancy Sinatra  and wanting my plant to eat all the people.  Or maybe the (other) crazy geneticists have already made the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) that will reach out and ask how you feel about them as they eat you back. That isContinue reading “#Writober Day 27: Watch what you wish for, it may show up in mutated ways”

#Writober Day 26: Are They Weasel People? Are They Rat People? Is One Less Scary?

There are many really great images of old, creepy costumes on the internet. This one really grabbed me. Maybe, it’s because I should know what they are, but don’t, or the dead-eyed expressionless affection of their pose. Is it just me, or is there a bony ghost hand grabbing for her dress? So what areContinue reading “#Writober Day 26: Are They Weasel People? Are They Rat People? Is One Less Scary?”