Fiction & Poetry
CategoryTPK
You start in a tavern.
Pomegranate
His head had split open like a beautiful flower or a pomegranate, the seeds of meat glistening in the sun.
Malthusian Rot
In the city, in the town, in the countryside, in the world in my head, in my heart, a plague spreads forever and endless, its tears and destroys the fabric of all and nothing.
The Neurotic’s Court
No official state decree or police order holds me in my room, but I feel a sense of responsibility to remain locked inside, to prevent the spread of a novel disease, whose name saturates every news feed, bulletin, and information source available.
Plague of the Hashtag
“Patient presents. STATES DEPRESSION IS STABLE. NO THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM. DOING PRETTY WELL ON [redacted]. NO SIDE EFFECTS. REALLY NOT THAT MUCH EFFICACY, HOWEVER.”
Treading Water / Fading
Treading water.
Descending.
Plug / Sequence / Drive / Abyss / Shadows
The process goes: create, create, create, suffer, suffer; suffer, suffer, create, create, create.
Triple Ply Pandemic
It was day 146 when they finally journeyed outside into the still eerie air and desolate night.
An Occurrence on the Witch’s Hill
I have led a very eventful life, but only one episode occupies my mind as I approach my final hour.
Chosen
His wife Bev couldn’t even see the face in the ceiling. He’d asked her that morning.