dark fiction
Murder In Her Eyes
By Jim on March 15, 2011
There was murder in her eyes. He saw it clear as day. Problem. He rubbed the tender spot where she’d hit him with the blunt — and his heart skipped a beat when she pointed the barbaric weapon at him. “You’re not actually going to use that thing, are you?” he stammered. “Oh, I should,” [...]
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Worldbreaker
By Jim on March 15, 2011
We broke the world, cracked it open from pole to pole. Lit the planet up and burned it with fire from within. We had to. It was the only way to get rid of them. It was a doomsday weapon, of course. A last recourse. God knows we’d tried everything else. Nothing had worked. And [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged apocalypse, dark fiction, science fiction
The Backwater Gospel
By Jim on February 24, 2011
Dark, morbid, and lovely.
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Enemy Within
By Jim on February 14, 2011
We slipped our bonds and escaped across the dunes. The distant sound of crashing waves drew us westward. We ran for everything we were worth, fear and desperation driving us on. We never saw our captors. We never knew where — or what — they were. What we knew during our captivity was only confusion [...]
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Rumination and Horror
By Jim on December 20, 2010
He vomits, on all fours and stomach heaving. Long, ropey strings of fluid slide from his mouth to the ground, wet and glistening. It is the color of infected phlegm, the smell powerful, overwhelming. His belly clenches again, and he vomits more of the greasy strands into the dirt. They puddle before him, a gelatinous [...]
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Flight
By Jim on September 3, 2010
He soared. He had always wanted to fly, and now he was doing just that. He had no feathers, no wings, but he was flying just the same. The special magic that fathers possessed had made this possible. He laughed with the euphoria of the moment. The wind blew his hair back, and he closed [...]
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Meat-Eater
By Jim on August 18, 2010
In hindsight, Trista realized she probably shouldn’t have fallen asleep under that tree. – Pus dripped into Trista’s eyes from the multiple infected sores on her scalp. She wanted to wipe it away, but the tree held her fast, pinning her arms to her sides, arms she could no longer feel. Feverish and frequently delirious, [...]
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Skin Deep
By Jim on August 18, 2010
He works quickly, his deft hands flitting over the instruments with a skill that comes from a vast history of experience. He talks while he works. “You are my failure,” he says. “I blame only myself.” He sets one tool down on the tray, picking up the next. “I raised you better,” he sighs. There [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, horror, psychopathy
Attacked
By Jim on August 12, 2010
He helped her up from the floor. She was bruised, bloody, and shaken. Whatever had happened here, it had been violent and traumatic. The room was a study in chaos. “You alright?” he asked. No response. Her gaze was distant, focused on something far from here. He tried again. “Hey! Look at me!” She did. [...]
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Flight
By Jim on July 25, 2010
Lightning flashed, and the boys ran, pumping their legs as hard as they could. “Did you see that?” the first cried. “No, and neither did you! Keep running!” “I can’t,” came the reply. “I’ve got to stop for a sec.” They dropped behind a fallen log and sucked air in ragged gasps, the panic of [...]
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