Chaos (first published on Turquoise Monster) A butterfly stirred within in my curious hand Hesitant to take the offered nectar Golden, amber, sweet It’s tongue long and curled appeared Lapping gently with distraction I looked up at the sign Butterflies for sale, $12 Wings translucent in half dream light Shimmer, golden-blue It walked on insect […]
Melanie (first published on Red Monster) It was the sound that pierced Melanie to the bone; that liquefied her brain and made red gloop run from her nose. She never knew that it was a new piece of military grade tech, nor that she was the first casualty of a global war. But if she […]
Princess in a Bubble (First published on Red Monster) Inside a sphere on the pedestal of King Annason a tiny but perfect woman sits upon a gloriously large amethyst, gem quality and cut to perfection. She is dressed in brocade and silk and has streaming ribbons in her wavy honey hair. She is a princess, […]
There Was An Old Man… (First published on Red Monster) There is an old man whose wife thinks him insane and paranoid. He is scared of video players and cannot grasp the concept of MP3s but what he most fears are coat hangers, especially the old metal kind that are actually useful to the arts […]
Odd Socks (first published on Red Monster) One day the purple socks with yellow polka dots were separated by a cruel twist of fate – namely the washing. Left was left upon its own and Right was abandoned in the student halls of residences washing room where it promptly fell down behind the dryer. A […]
The Music (First published on Turquoise Monster) The still sad music of humanity Pulsed in my ears, making them Bleed with incencerity I cried to the requriem Of their freedom, Dirged in drum beats Of heart The harmony of life Split me asunder And poured my entrials On the ground Taken as cat gut – […]
Metcalf stood back from the oily smoke. If he thought about the smell and what it was, he gagged; but he was the senior investigator in this mess and had to be made of sterner stuff. The plumes were from the incinerator designed to deal with foot and mouth outbreaks in farm animals, but the […]
The Teapot (first published on Red Monster) I spend most of my time sitting in a cupboard, in the dark surrounded by other ceramic objects but I am more spherical, whereas they are more cylindrical. They are open at the top whereas I have a hat that sits upon the opening in the top of […]
Fluffy Cushions (first published on Red Monster My cat is a beautiful white persian and loves to drape herself on the settee. Her fur is long and lustrous and thick and when she is curled up you cannot see her little squashed face nor where her body ends and her tail begins. This was all fine […]
Gnashing Teeth (first published on Red Monster as a writing exercise. At night there is a demonic demon known as Dentineous Gruesiosome. It hides in the toothbrush cupboard in the bathroom. When you are getting lax with the whole dental hygiene thing or have not eaten enough fruit it enchants the toothbrushes. Then when you […]