A frosted glass of iced lemonade sipped through a straw. Out on the porch I sweat in the night, heat hanging thick, stifling. Even the breeze blows hot. I'm exhausted. This isn't insomnia. This is summer. This is the kiln that encases the world. It's 85-seconds to midnight. No one seems to notice.

Pausing lost in thought A hand reached out; simple thing Thank you, empathy #Thingstowriteabout #reach #haiku #poetry #writing

#WIPSnips #knock #writing #amwriting #rewrite #revision #wip #horror #fiction Possessions (working title) - this snippet contains mild, sexually suggestive content - possibly #nsfw *Deidra awakes in the doctors office, naked, ashamed and confused.

A frosted glass of iced lemonade sipped through a straw. Out on the porch I sweat in the night, heat hanging thick, stifling. Even the breeze blows hot. I'm exhausted. This isn't insomnia. This is summer. This is the kiln that encases the world. It's 85-seconds to midnight. No one seems to notice.

Too hot. Can't sleep, so I figured: 'Why not...' From #wip Possessions (working title)- #horror #fiction Pg. 48 She peeked from beneath the covers and saw the empty room – but she could feel them, standing around her bed, eyes glaring down at her.

Happy #CanadaDay! The True North, Strong and Free

sorry foks - had to repost "Stand and deliver!" So commands the highwayman. His lower lip quivers, as does the flintlock in his hand. His #apprehension puzzles me I try to comprehend; for I hold just the purse strings while he grips tight to my life's end. #vss365 #poem #rhymetime #writing

Four pillars on each corner big #finance stands pristine The door, locked to most The #key held tight in hands unclean Entry is exclusive Elitists turn the latch and slam the door behind them before we see the plan they've hatched. #2wordprompt #poetry #writing #rhymetime #corporate_greed

teardrops tattoo cheeks knuckles shout obscenities murderous black ink #thingstowriteabout #tattoo #haiku #writing

#WIPSnips #writing #wip #amwriting #dystopion #scifi - Spiral Eyes Just a short one today... previously posted a longer version. *Not the #scarf that might first comes to mind.

Happy #CanadaDay! The True North, Strong and Free

#WIPSnips #tournament #writing #horror #fiction #wip Possession (working title) - from Chapter 3: Mickey's hands *Deidra awakes to a fond and somewhat arousing memory... #books #amwriting #booksky

#vss365 #florid #poetry #prose #verse #query❔ #writing #wonder #doubt #writers #poetrylovers

My thoughts form with cadence lost to all perhaps but me Many spoken words I speak often ring with rhymes Even vibrant memories sing songs to me, they #speak to me Though not out loud they echo... echo to #repeat the rhymes inside my mind. #2wordprompt #poetry #poem #rhymetime 😉 #writing #amwriting

#Thingstowriteabout #poetry #writing A vista of flamboyancy unfolds as far as eyes can see A throbbing calm, a gentle tide a dream of #pink that seems to glide To drift in such a warm embrace of feathered love, a state of grace with wings I find my heart ascends to rise with my flamingo friends. 🦩

#WIPSnips #water #writing #amwriting #wip #horror #fiction Possessions (working title) - from Chapter 1 - The little man *Deidra answers a knock on the door

If you see this, post your fictional mentor. Jeremiah Johnson As a boy the character captured my imagination & admiration for his courage & perseverance. He was his own man, daring to go where few would venture. My 1st job as a journalist took me into the mountains - a city boy! Imagine that! 🙃😊

#vss365 #carrion #prose #dark_writing #distopian #writing #amwriting

#thingstowriteabout #seedlings #poetry #dark_poem #writing #amwriting #vsshorror

The board flew off the table It did not want to spell The woman floated from her chair Her eyes #rolled blank, white cockle shells Her voice rang pure, ethereal In #style and tone, it did insist: 'Forget about this dust to dust, for after life, we do exist.' #2wordprompt #poetry #rhymetime #seance👻

#WIPSnips #water #writing #amwriting #wip #horror #fiction Possessions (working title) - from Chapter 1 - The little man *Deidra answers a knock on the door

Assaulting to the eyes The storm rolls in Its rumbles fill the skies Disgruntled roars its cries Its anger undisguised and so its wrath begins. #vss365 #disgruntled #poem #poetry #storm #nature #photography

#thingstowriteabout #wand #poetry #narrative_poem #witchy #dark #horror #conjuring 🧙‍♀️ ~Les Enfants du Bois (The Children of the Wood) ~

#vss365 Cricket liked his job A ringmaster was he Standing in the centre the spotlight set him free free from misery and the company he'd kept that wooden boy; annoying toy 'Oh! How that boy wept' Cricket had grown weary and fled a life so dreary Happy now was he, with the circus of the #fleas.

#2wordprompt #reports #dazzle #writing #streamofconciousness #braindump #uap #ufo

#thingstowriteabout #poetry #nature #photography Once they frightened me; I used to think they'd bend their tails spit needles in my eyes mesmerized as they zipped passed, wings a-blur translucent glass Now I'm glad to see them at rest or as they fly and often wish to be one; illusive #dragonfly.

#vss365 #villain #prose #apparition #writing #excerpt from the #novel Sunsetter. #books #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity

ripples rise in waves a mirage of dragon's breath vibrant summer's haze #dailyhaikuprompt #vibrant #haiku #poetry #writing

#2wordprompt #thingstowriteabout #horizon #insult #gathering #poetry #darkpoem #writing #amwriting #perdition

#thingstowriteabout #2wordprompt #dancing #sisters #enchance #poetry #writing #Pleiades #stars #astronomy ~Seven Sisters~

#vss365 #grain #poetry #writing #amwriting #rhymetime Needled grains of arid dust whisper hissing pains in passing Rolling seas of caramel peel flesh in wind-whipped rage. 'Carry on' the voice commands 'resist what faltering steps demand' Heads low across the desert sand Young nomads come of age.

"Words lament, pages weep, Never written if never read." ~ Ross McDermott ~ #books TUSK: A Beringia Story - #historicalfantasy a.co/d/9owR2nQ The Murderous Villain Rosco Pitt - #western a.co/d/4dskZHv Weathervane - #western / #horror a.co/d/eymNU43 Sunsetter - #western / #horror a.co/d/05SwSc5j

#thingstowriteabout #2wordprompt #dancing #sisters #enchance #poetry #writing #Pleiades #stars #astronomy ~Seven Sisters~

#WIPSnips #finale (final) #writing #western #horror #fiction #books - Excerpt from the completed #novel Sunsetter. One last entry -- the grand #finale, one might say... Sunsetter is available now. #shameless_self_promotion 😉 #booksky

In the vestibule between the here and there, shadows wait and languish pulling out their angel hair. #vss365 #pull #poetry #writing #amwriting #rhymetime #fallen_angels

Settle down Canada 🇨🇦-- you got this boys! #worldcup #football 😬

sky as coffee black sugar grains a thousand points... and more, so many more the spoon the silver moon stirring up the night #poem #poetry #writing #amwriting

#WIPSnips #finale (final) #writing #western #horror #fiction #books - Excerpt from the completed #novel Sunsetter. One last entry -- the grand #finale, one might say... Sunsetter is available now. #shameless_self_promotion 😉 #booksky

In the vestibule between the here and there, shadows wait and languish pulling out their angel hair. #vss365 #pull #poetry #writing #amwriting #rhymetime #fallen_angels

He gained an inch in height as he wore his #boots that night and strutted cross the floor in his blue-plaid, flannel shirt His eyes whispered 'whiskey' In itself was pretty risky As his dad kicked his ass and said "Get back to bed, you squirt." #thingstowriteabout #boots #poem #rhymetime #writing

#2wordprompt #office #street #poem #rhymetime #writing #madness #horror

It is here! My newly-released #novel Sunsetter is now available in ebook & paperback - sequel to the novel Weathervane, continuing the tale of an ancient evil in the wilds of the west. *Note: The Murderous Villain Rosco Pitt is a prequel to the tale a.co/d/0duB5zfi #books #western #horror #fiction 😀

At the risk of #penalty I just wanted to share this post with all you #writers, #poets, #authors and #scribes of #WIPSnips -- many of you were with me through the creation of this series and it was with both praise and encouragement that you sometimes carried me to this, the finish line 👍 See below🔽

My heart is but a sailing ship rolling on high seas #lurching to the starboard silk billows in the breeze yet to the port lies destiny calm waters I am craving but rudderless I ride the glide of my Sentimental Raven. #vss365 #lurch #poem #poetry #writing

It is here! My newly-released #novel Sunsetter is now available in ebook & paperback - sequel to the novel Weathervane, continuing the tale of an ancient evil in the wilds of the west. *Note: The Murderous Villain Rosco Pitt is a prequel to the tale a.co/d/0duB5zfi #books #western #horror #fiction 😀

Tomorrow ... it's coming! #books #author #writing #western #horror #fiction 🙂😉

"Hell is empty, and all devils are here." ~ William Shakespeare, The Tempest.

#vss365 #tethered (untethered) #poem #poetry #writing #amwriting ~ In one of those ~

If not for the dark there would be no light there would be no place for the truth to hide Truth #lingers in the lies in the sudden shift of eyes in feigned looks of surprise by which truth will not abide. #vss365 #poem #writing