I met a girl the other day, a girl like any other. I told her she should stay away, that I would only cause her trouble. I pushed her away, but she only pushed back harder. I met a girl…
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Reckoning
Legends told of your transgressions, ancient scribes chronicled your conquests, fearsome mothers warned of your wickedness, but nothing could truly prepare one for the unthinkable glory of your evil. Men and women alike have lived and died over the centuries…
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In the Dirt
You fell off your pedestal into the dirt and I rushed to pick you up, dust you off, and put you back. But I stopped at the last moment. I looked down at you for a while and thought to…
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The Pious Priest
I’d seen the Pious Priest from afar many a time. Always angry, always in pain, shrouded in darkness and surrounded by old, dusty books. One day I heard a commotion and for some reason was drawn to it. I saw…
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The Key
I have held on to the key for all these years and have never been brave enough to use it. Or cowardly, most would probably argue. I have held on to this key for so long as it taunted me…
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Retribution
‘Why,’ she screamed with her heart racing. He pushed his hands against the door behind her and leaned forward with an evil smirk on his face. ‘How dare you,’ he uttered grinding his teeth. She turned her head away from…
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Anew
Too many foes over too many years left too many cracks to ever think it could work the same again. But it was never meant to always work the same way. It had to struggle. Evolve. Adapt. Overcome. And so…
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My Last Remaining Bit of You
The creature came in the darkness of the night, as it always had, as I knew it would, following a flood of tears and unanswered prayers to a god I didn’t believe in. There was nothing I could do to…