Shadows dance with the quiet soft breeze.No boundaries to hold them, every one free.In deeper depths, the shades grow dark.Creeping into the cracks of the heart.Only one fear keeps them at bay,only one thing keeps the monsters away.When the darkness grows strongand it sings its enticing song.When your head screams to run and your heartContinue reading “Shadows Dance”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
Writing Prompt: Caught in the Rain
Include the following in your story: Las Vegas, radiology, etch, funeral, textile, sweep, muslin, wholesale, wildlife, English. A terrible day made worse by the rain. Piper let out a heavy sigh. Rain rolled down her neck as she stood at the bus stop. Her clothes were soaked and she shivered from the cold. She wasn’tContinue reading “Writing Prompt: Caught in the Rain”
Into the Woods
Into the woods and down the pathwhere darkness falls from shadows cast.Into the woods with tangled trees and roots reach up to scrape your knees. Into the woods, a moonlit night.Beware the ones that fill you with fright.Into the woods where monsters raveand ravens watch with hungered gaze. Into the woods. Run faster now,Or endContinue reading “Into the Woods”
Terra Kuu
I confess, I play Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) with my brother and a couple friends. I’m that person in the party that always considers the story and every variables involved. I’m also the person who creates the most detailed backstory for my character. Unfortunately, those backstories sometimes aren’t explored since a group will disband orContinue reading “Terra Kuu”
Cheetah’s Sprint
Hidden in the African Savanna a spotted cat stalks; waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. When the young gazelle has strayed too far from its mother, when the old or sick warthog falls too far behind, or when the prey is just close enough you can catch it in a heartbeat the cheetah attacks.Continue reading “Cheetah’s Sprint”
Fly the Seas
To be the king of the seaSee in the dark depths belowFly the currents under the ocean Pass the shark, the piranha, the octopusAvoid the danger as you glideTo be the king of the sea The water’s bright, open, and freeThe air above tricky and distrustingFly the currents under the ocean Safe and sound inContinue reading “Fly the Seas”
Writing Prompt: Future Diary
Write a diary entry, dated ten years into the future. 2/09/2031 I had a great day. I did a book signing for the third trilogy in my series. There were so many people who showed up, I almost cried. Mom couldn’t make it this time, she didn’t want to fly all the way to NewContinue reading “Writing Prompt: Future Diary”
Writing Prompt: The Middle
Writing about the middle of something, anything! Have you read the middle of my book? Probably not, but–not to toot my own horn–it’s pretty good! A journey begins after a crimson dawn. One young man itching for a shot to prove himself, to make up for his by-standing. He faces his first real challenged and…well…isn’tContinue reading “Writing Prompt: The Middle”
Tion
Did you hear that sudden motion?A loud screech and scratch at the door?It’s the monster that hungers for flesh.Who’s face is hideous and fangs are huge.All who faced him met extinction. Did you see the lightning flash black?The dark auras that rim his hands?His eyes are deathly red.His horns short and low.The blood wall keepsContinue reading “Tion”
Did You Miss It?
Did you see the daisies turn their heads to the sunlight this morning?Watch the blue birds sore across the morning sky?Did you kiss a child good morning?Or war against the world with your bad mood? Is your early fight for the coffee? Are you a zombie, groaning and slugging on, without it?Do you rush offContinue reading “Did You Miss It?”
