Archive for Fantasy
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THE PRIVATE PINE • by Tim Galati
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Like an emerald it shimmers alone among drab rocks; it observes silently spots, beyond brush, the adamant fox pawing at minnows clustered in cattails; hears, down below, two flies tussling, two more escaping beneath its short branch. It views, at a shore, some secretive fish surfing within wakes capturing weak newts; feels jealousy towards [...]
Fantasy
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THE SPOONMAN • by Nancy Brewer 5 Comments
Let us light the wood ablaze, circle chairs in ‘round the flame Sit back. Look, through the smoke-haze. The Spoonman begins his game. Rapid smacks against his knee tap the beats in denim-heat Just right for the circus flea. Hold tight to your campfire seat. Listen now, as the drums join in. One by one, [...]
Fantasy
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MONSTERS • by Erika Wilson 4 Comments
When I was a child, There was a monster under the bed, Crouched in the darkness, Watching for a careless foot. In an agony of terror, I would throw back the covers, Push off from the springs, Leap out as far as I could. It worked, he never got me, And I have outgrown my [...]
Fantasy
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DREAMWEAVERS • by Lindsey Duncan 9 Comments
Dreamcatchers hear the tales of fate and chance, Of glimmers found by sleeping mind; Dreamweavers spin the thread of this night’s dance. From fancy’s flight comes matter of a stronger kind: Nightmares woven into subtle twine Of glimmers found by sleeping mind. Then thread by thread and line by line, A tapestry unveils [...]
Fantasy, Terzanelle
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UNTITLED • by Aurelio Rico Lopez III 5 Comments
boxers trade punches high roller cheers ringside money on the four-armed guy Aurelio Rico Lopez III hails from Iloilo City, Philippines. You can reach him at thirdylopez2001@yahoo.com
Fantasy
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UNTITLED • by Greg Schwartz 3 Comments
time machine– munching popcorn while I watch Custer’s last stand Greg Schwartz is a copier repairman, horror writer, and haiku poet. Some of his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Niteblade, Modern Haiku, Talebones, and the 2008 Red Moon Anthology. He is the staff cartoonist for SP Quill Magazine.
Fantasy, Other, Surreal
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THE ONLOOKER • by Jessica Thomas 5 Comments
Staring out the wounded spacecraft, the onlooker floats through the apparent void of space, between the stars–light years apart. The white face, framed by a circular window. He presses his hand against it and shadows form at the tips of his fingers. His eyes are gray and space enters them, darkness pouring as infinitely as [...]
Fantasy, Horror
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SPRING, FINALLY • by Lyndon Perry 29 Comments
The funeral drizzle of the previous months gives way reluctantly, yet inevitably, to the lighter, airy elements of the year— which toil like unseen stage hands changing scenes for self-absorbed actors who wait impatiently for their cue, ready to take their turn upon a freshly-prepped set. In the vale, the first to light [...]
Fantasy
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POST-SALVAGE STRESS SYNDROME • by S.J. Higbee 9 Comments
You glide through the airless airlock with your breath rasping in your ears, As the beam from your headlamp waits to fade in the massed darkness… You rasp through the useless airlock with your breath sounding in your ears, Your headlamp beam fades under the mass of waiting darkness when you weave through the drifting [...]
Fantasy, Narrative, Other, Poems
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DEATH OF A LION KING • by Jess C Scott 5 Comments
A hot, humid wind blows across the Savannah. A million thorns pierce each gaping wound. The king, once mighty, full of strength and vitality, now staggers away, wounded and defeated. The young prince does not hesitate. He proceeds to maul the pride of cubs. Wails of the queen reach the gaunt and powerless king, who cries [...]
Fantasy, Nature, Other, Poems
