Exploring a way out of the darkness
No steps creak the boards with heavy soul. No humble warmth shapes the sofa, bereft, alone. Screen stares blank, cold, no whispered hum into the unknown late. Books read unspoken words, unshelved, laid to rest beside mugs unpoured. Missed calls ring in silence, undialed and unheard. No ghost stirs the velvet night, empty haunts. No … Continue reading Absence
Andy needed to get home. It was time to pack up and leave, take his kid far away from this God forsaken place. With each panicked step up the narrow path through the wood leading away from the road that ran past the beach, the ground sucked at his feet. The choking darkness was beginning … Continue reading Silas
The kid stood looking out to sea. It was safer that way. Behind him lay reality. But it wasn't real. It couldn't be. Why her? All he knew was that it was going to happen. Soon. Maybe he should tell his dad. Sure, his dad. What had he said again? Ghosts don't exist, you're dreaming. … Continue reading No time for stories
He found her twisted and broken at the bottom of the cliff. Her sand-specked face cast a dim glow in the dying light. He should have raised the alarm. He should have called out to the figure ahead. But he knew the stories around here about that hotel. He had grown up with them. Everybody … Continue reading Uninvited
This way of light 