A Police Action
Prophets and doomcasters will shout it, loud enough to be heard – even in their imaginary Heavens. And each time it’s late again. Each time the sky stayed, anchored against the howling poisonous...
View ArticleMemories, the Prison of the Soul
The kiss of flame woke her, fingers burning, burning, burning. She stared at her hands, at the ghosts of fingertips, still there in her memories. The phantom pain lurched in lightning bolts, tracing...
View ArticleBook Review: The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes
I just destroyed this novel. I picked it up last night and tore through it. It’s a great read – it follows a murder, and a girl who should have been murdered. He left her for dead, he eviscerated her...
View ArticleBook Review: Shoggoths in Bloom, Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear’s Shoggoths in Bloom is a fascinating collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, from the opening and Nebula nominated sci-fi story, TIDELINE, which was deep and...
View ArticleGravedigger
Smoke curled, blue-grey-black Into the night sky. So damned cold. He warmed himself With the digging, To get rid of this Dead weightFiled under: Prose Poetry/Regular Poetry Tagged: creative writing,...
View ArticleA Sort of Justice
Southwyck House, by Kibwe X-Kalibre Tavares “Who in the name of Hell was that?” The gunshot echoed in the hallway, deafeningly loud – I lay face-down on the floor, counting the seconds, counting my...
View ArticleLike Claws
Her hands were like claws, tight and cold, still clenched into fists. He lay on the floor, and the rust-red pool around his head thickened.Filed under: fiction Tagged: creative writing, crime, horror,...
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