The Cards You’re Dealt
“I think this gentleman is waiting, ladies,” the man said. I was caught a bit off-guard by this. I had been watching the bearded man read tarot cards…
A Troubled Mind
“The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.” --- Stephen King, Bag of Bones My fascination with the macabre is absolute. This is what…
Samhain in the Desert
The wisest of Earth’s sages have hinted at the fact that our planet is under quarantine. It is not coincidental that our attempts to explore outer…
The Smoking Nun
“There is Christ, or there is death.” This was an odd thing for Andrew to say, given the man’s generally jovial character, and was sufficiently…
Modern Life and Other Bad Jokes
Chekhov hit the nail on the head over a hundred years ago when he identified the social causes of mental illness. The human mind is not meant to live…
Working the Night Shift
Burke hated his job. He was a security guard for Preston Hall, a private institution dedicated to promoting science education at the high school…
Empty Coffins
“Of course, tales of nastiness and murder are always handed down with slavering delight from generation to generation…” --- Stephen King, Salem’s……
No Quiero Nada
Desire Verb: to long or hope for, to express a wish for, to invite, to feel the loss of. There is a subtle difference when one describes a woman as…
The Confessional
“From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent." --- H.P. Lovecraft “It is for the best that the scenes I am about to describe have faded…
The Unfinished Tower
Sanity is a curious thing, difficult to define, and usually deemed legitimate by the judgement of others. As I look out my bedroom window now,…
