An abscess on the town’s reputation–an isolated cinderblock bungalow smothered in greenbrier where the tumultuous and ceaseless tears of… Read more HORROR BITS
Category: Fiction
CARELESS NATURE VERSE or Something Like (2)
I took a picture of bursting pussy willows and invisible bush hares that dust themselves with pollen to outfox allergic… Read more CARELESS NATURE VERSE or Something Like (2)
HINTS FROM HELPFUL HARRIET AT HOME
Ambition must be fed, and after a long labor, a newborn hardcopy coos in a repurposed gift basket. Myriad instars… Read more HINTS FROM HELPFUL HARRIET AT HOME
WINTER TWEETS 2020s
For whose killer kisses do homecoming queens in faded gowns and rotted corsages lament? For whose svelte limbs so athletically… Read more WINTER TWEETS 2020s
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 …
A windmill’s wings turn to sing a creaking lullaby of ground wheat for rooks roosting in their sails. Stars blaze… 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