Well friends, despite our lack luster posting on the site the first of our friend group has finished his book and is selling it on amazon, Desert Streams, the first chapter of Leodhas and Spes and their world is available. I hope you join us in reading this wonderful work of science fiction, and continue …
Stories
Cuckoo
By S. C. Huddleston, the first entry in his upcoming serialization, stay tuned for more entries like this and other great works from Triglyph entertainment! Marie Propinquity is fickle, as I’ve said before, and many things exacerbate the flicker of the nervous wings in my belly. I never did pass Maslow’s safety section, according to …
The Well
By S. C. Huddleston 1.2 million shillingsCopper to Constance when the wishing well uttersMiracles are for the kings The well runs deepO’ Magdalene mothers1.2 million shillings Bright eyes and gums and cheeksThe fecundity of anotherMiracles are for the kings Crowns are for killingSave royalty for brothers1.2 million shillings Tears fall from half of meThe rippleless …
A Dreamer’s Melancholy
By William J. Roe A dreamer stands amidst the insistent tapping of keys at the dozen different computers that play a humdrum background beat for what their life has become, lyrics filled with the dull intermingling of other lost dreamers shelling their souls for another day. Just another day, another listless afternoon where dreams slowly …
The Girl in the Mirror
By Shelby Larsen Vanity.Such a strange concept.Not until I realizedhow many timesI checkedmakeuphairin the mirrordid I grasp…I am vain.I adore my reflection.I see that girlin the mirror.Beautiful.Sexy.Gorgeous.A goddess.Compared to the girlin the mirrormany years agowho felt fat,ugly,nerdy,she is flawless.Avoidingglass,water,anything reflective.Staringfloor,bed,green walls,owl posters,anywhere but me:in the mirrors,in the pictures.Thank you,poor self-esteem,self-hatred,self-pity.Blame society.Glamour magazine.8 th grade boys.Unrealistic,unattainable,body …
A Fool in the Shadow of the Night
A fool in the shadow of the middle of the night, ah what a terrible sight, for to see his eyes burn oh so bright, but to know they’ll never see the light, as those demented demons laugh with callous cruel delight, as they watch the fool in the shadow of the middle of the …
Patch’s Pride
By: S. C. Huddleston Everything will be white soon. Dark leaves of maple, weeks ahead of the oak,swirl without her recognition to the cracked cobble beneath. The children too, a rougeresponse to the nip of the air, meander unseen as she pushes past, for the atonement,as distant as a pup’s patience, will eclipse her. The …
The Race
By J.R. Louis It isn’t happenstance that so long agoUnder the glow of an admiring crowdWas born a ravenous legend, wrappedIn prestige and engulfed in horrorThis man, this demon, became moreThan anyone would have thought. The days were bright when the sunWould arise from its horizontal sleepTo greet the land itself with warmthAnd light the …
Hello Nerds, Friends, and Poetry Fans?
Hello my friends, let me welcome you once again to the home of a few eccentric writers, this week and in the next two weeks along side now our bi-weekly short story posts, we’re also going to be venturing into a territory some are more familiar with then others… Poetry! That’s right! In the next …
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APRIL IN AUGUST, BY S.C. HUDDLESTON
1 It was normal by all accounts. Four thin metal legs and a worn yellow top lined with a silver metal strip on the sides. It couldn’t support a functioning, familial holiday gathering, but it was sufficient enough for a man and his two boys during their short spurts together. When it was pulled away from the wall, …