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Haiku – The Calm Before the Storm

January 31, 2019February 6, 2019 Shyla F

The storm is patient Pets howl at the silence The lights flicker out...

Tagged Haiku, horror, poems, poetry, suspense6 Comments
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Haiku – Snowpocalypse

January 23, 2019January 31, 2019 Shyla F

Falls, relentlessly Blows with such condescension Capricious whimsy

Tagged Haiku, poems, poetry, Winter2 Comments
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Poem – The Scream

January 9, 2019January 23, 2019 Shyla F

I scream. And Suddenly...

Tagged anger, emotion, feminism, poems, poetry6 Comments
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Poem – Where My Muse Used to Be

January 7, 2019January 23, 2019 Shyla F

A demon ate my muse

Tagged creativity, poems, poetry, Writing6 Comments
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Micro Fiction – The Memorist

December 31, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla F

The Memorist looked tired; exhausted even. It was an exhausting thing she did for people, taking on their memories.

Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Magic, memory, micro fiction, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Short Story3 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Short Story – 100 Years

December 26, 2018January 23, 2019 Shyla F

(Based on Grimms' Sleeping Beauty) It had been only a single gasp of air that alerted her to the trouble.

Tagged anxiety, Briar Rose, Brothers Grimm, empowerment, Fairytales, fantasy, feminism, fiction, gothic, macabre, Magic, nostalgia, Re-imagining, romance, Short Story, Sleeping Beauty, Storytelling, Winter7 Comments
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Haiku – Snowflake

December 21, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla F

You are a snowflake Jagged edges, crystalline Furtive in my grip.

Tagged Haiku, love, poems, poetry, WinterLeave a comment
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Poem – Too Sweet

December 18, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla F

Smile, sucralose sweet; Assaultingly artificial. Eyes, whispering half truths in the dark. Mouth, filled to the brim; Spilling over with things said and not said. Glare as sharp as knives. Tongue spoiling into venom. Behind that smile, A sugary death awaits.

Tagged gothic, grotesque, macabre, poems, poetryLeave a comment
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Flash Fiction – IntelliGENTS

December 5, 2018December 18, 2018 Shyla F

"You have to keep up with the times," his father's voice whispered uninvitedly in his ear.

Tagged AI, anxiety, artificial intelligence, fiction, flash fiction, machine learning, psychology, Short Story, technology3 Comments
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Poem – Callous

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Shyla F

It's a nightmare          How u look at me My weaknesses exposed.

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