A reflection of the city’s ongoing lawlessness, that new phenomenon in the night sky. It’s the roll call of the… Read more WINTER TWEETS ’20
Category: Fiction
THE ANTIQUITIES BOOK: or the Girl Who Grew Horns
A middle-grade fantasy constructed on the back of Neil Gaiman’s GRAVEYARD BOOK, itself a reimagining of Kipling’s JUNGLE BOOK.… Read more THE ANTIQUITIES BOOK: or the Girl Who Grew Horns
I SERVE THE GREY GODS
By Cecily Winter We await the song of the gray gods with heads bowed and hearts heavy. We await the… Read more I SERVE THE GREY GODS
THE PANIC BUTTON
A short autobiographical piece recently published by the CABINET OF HEED read here or at http://cabinetofheed.com by Cecily Winter… Read more THE PANIC BUTTON
CARELESS NATURE VERSE or something like …
Climbing ivy violates the tree, weakens its structure, and wounds its pride. Yet when oaks turn russet and leaves die,… Read more CARELESS NATURE VERSE or something like …
ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HORATIO: Copyright and art by Cecily Winter Dec. 2019 “Anything is possible,” Hamlet used to say as… Read more ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A 150 word crime-flash using 10 prompts from the titles of Anne Cleeves’ novels. CORPSE WITH GANNETS by Susan B.… Read more A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A VSS365 TWEET ANTHOLOGY
Collected shorts poetic, dark, eerie, and amazing. See them (with one of mine) at VSS365 Anthology Volume One available on… Read more A VSS365 TWEET ANTHOLOGY
A FAIRY TALE: THE LITTLE HOUSE THAT COULD
A whimsical and highly anachronistic re-telling of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ and the little house that saved them from the stew… Read more A FAIRY TALE: THE LITTLE HOUSE THAT COULD
WARTIME SPARROWS
A post World War II mystery about American servicemen in Great Britain and the suspicious death of a local girl. … Read more WARTIME SPARROWS