fiction
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H.P. Lovecraft’s Cosmic Pantheon: Deities of Madness and Mystery
The famed horror author H.P. Lovecraft is perhaps best known for crafting a pantheon of fictional deities that populate his unsettling universe. These beings are immensely powerful and indifferent to humanity—a terrifying notion, given how little humans can comprehend them.… Continue reading
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Horror Fiction Writing Prompts #1
Writing prompts are handy for several reasons. First, they spark creativity by providing a starting point to ignite your imagination and help overcome writer’s block. Prompts offer focus and direction, allowing you to narrow down your ideas and providing a… Continue reading
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Behind the Mask: Edgar Allan Poe’s Dark Dance with Death
With the spooky season upon us, I’m much back into reading classic horror. Edgar Allan Poe has always been one of my favorite horror authors, and “The Masque of The Red Death” may be my favorite tale of his. “The… Continue reading
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Scarecrow Man
All these screams in my headAnd that Scarecrow ManWithering in the dusty fieldThe blood orange sun blazingHis eyes burn with cravingUnder the parched skeleton treesThe field stinks of sulfurAnd corrupted dreamsAfternoon oppressorsWaking from the illusionsOf tranquility on earthEndless confusions Continue reading
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All Cobwebs & Shadows
Deeper into the mindAll cobwebs and shadowsTarantulas, in my eyesReach out and feelThe snake around my neckThe fire burning on my tongueMy ears bleed with passionMy God, how I have missed you Continue reading
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Lost In These Dreams
The blood forest of my dreamsIt is a special place for annihilationA dark red, fertile groundWhere the soil is soakedWith a mysterious imaginationPain and toil, longing and strifeA murder of crowsA sharp, rusted knifeTell me how to stay hereI never… Continue reading
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Pop My Brain Out
Swept up in a wave of neonTall in the sky, chrome dreamsClimbing Jacob’s ladder to hellThe inversion is what surprisesPraying to a deity that has no nameOr no face – only a dark energyWrapped around my skullAbout to pop my… Continue reading
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Seeking Patterns – Part 2 – Finale
The messages are everywhere. You just have to look closely for them. And I was obsessed with finding them. Everywhere I went in town, I seemed to find one. I had started a new job as a coffee shop barista,… Continue reading
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Seeking Patterns – Part 1
The first message that caught my eye was plastered on the side of an abandoned building on the outskirts of town. I had been leaving a 12-step meeting and was still unfamiliar with the city, often getting lost on back… Continue reading
God Is In The Radio 