When the pain subsides
And when this sadness subsides, will I miss it?When my heart is at peace and my days go by without crying in the pain of grief, will it be alright?…
Under the Banyan tree, I sat down and, suddenly, changed.
I thought the title of this story would be catchy, following Coelho's famous "By the River Piedra I sat down and cried". Beautiful read, by the way. Point is, I…
I don't really remember how it all started
The truth is, it may have been my first tattoo; the activation code.
Part 4
I was neither asleep nor awake. My left shoulder was burning. Was this the power of the tattoo or had I clumsily bumped into yet another wall and never realized…
Part 5
The voice seemed to linger in the air even after it had stopped speaking, echoing softly, fading into the soft hum of the room. I sat back, my fingers still…
When the sun goes down, and I am left alone in a city that seems to shut down in silence, it comes to me, punctually each night; always anxious to take my mind down all kinds of rabbit holes ...
The 30 Nights
The 30 Nights. Night 3: Confused
Sit down, let’s get this over with quickly.I am not in the mood tonight for any hospitality towards you.Spit it out, I’m sure I know what’s coming anyway, so save…
NIGHT 5: PERSISTENCE
This is the 5th night, but more than a year later. You are wondering how can this be? Me too. Apparently temporality isn't something meant to be understood by mortals,…
NIGHT 6 SHOW ME YOUR FACE
We have been here, at this same spot, practically as if time has never moved forward, for days. Years. Same dynamics, you wait for me to feel weak, tired or…
NIGHT 7. YOU ARE A COWARD
Now this is starting to really bother me. Or better said, annoy me. Not only you let yourself in uninvited each time, but also you vanish out of thin air…
The World Beyond the Blue Trees
Jord is a librarian. Each day she wakes up, gets up, gets dressed with one of her flowery dresses and goes to work. Without much excitement. Without fully understanding what is going on, why are her words acting up like that?
Jord’s life has turned into a monotonous scene that automatically repeats itself day after day.
Until that day. That day when she decided to go for a coffee after work. The day she met what is beyond the blue trees.
CHAPTER 3: NOVA
“Damn! I ran out of ink again!” Nova put on his navy blue coat, his matching gloves and hat; and left. He was a young man, average build and rather…
CHAPTER 4: ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE BLUE
As the afternoon went by, the heat was becoming more and more intense. –Get ready Nova, the temperature will keep rising until night time. Then after 10 we will have…
The Unspoken
WITHIN
Darkness has not yet engulfed me, I am protected and assisted in my quests. So then, how am I to understand human nature? Is it human, is it divine; is it full of ghouls and evil and void makers? Is it about having all those within and trying to push them out; only to realize that outside there is just a bigger and more ruthless battlefield? A choice. I have to make a choice.
A two-part short diary entries dark fiction inspired by feelings of heartbreak, melancholy an anger, written raw and emotionally intensely
DAY 3: A RAY OF SUNSHINE
One ray of sunlight.I opened my eyes after having only slept 2 hours and I saw it. One ray of sunlight coming through the blinds. Straight into my sight.I am…
DAY 4: THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
I don’t really remember how it started.I guess it’s just one of those events in my life that happened without me being present in it, even though I was the…