City of Ghosts

Light streamed in from the windows as morning greeted. Shelly woke up to the heavy sound of silence. Grey skies in her mind played contrast to the sky blue ceiling in the room, empty save for the bed that she laid on and a vase of withered flowers. It seemed like such a long time…

Roadkill

Jason watched the leaves scatter from his windshield, his mind absent. Minutes passed before he pushed a cassette mix tape into the radio. The deafening volume ripped through the speakers. He sped along the dark empty road, his silence ill at ease against the loud music. Taking a last swig of stale beer, he threw…

Black Widow

Cold, damp, viscous web…Wake up, you've fallen into a trap!These startling words attack my headFilled to the brim with tangible dreadMy tired eyes soon fly wide openAs my mind from its daze it has now awokenBy sudden sunlight rushing inBurning my eyes and scarlet skinI'm blind! I'm blind!I try to screamBut it stays in my…

It Came from Hell

The man got down on one knee before the woman, but nothing ever went as planned. Instead of a single word, out came her stream of sharp revelations in reply. His naivety and her whim wrecked a future that they both knew would have been perfect. Crash! Across the hotel room floor laid smithereens of…

No Way Back

I was on my usual way home when I saw you, a young woman on the ledge of the familiar bridge, staring down the vast seas beneath. No one seemed to notice you or your sadness that I had been drawn to. People around me lost themselves to black mirrors, oblivious to the imminent tragedy…

A Night Train to Nowhere

The announcer recites each station’s name with arrogant monotony. In the darkness, she wakes from light sleep, in time for the sound of the train doors closing. She listens, waiting for the familiar hissing noise before the machinery begins to tremble again. Stones on the track grate against the wheels beneath her. She shifts in…