'The Modern Day Highwayman'
I know it's long but please read it all. :D 1.
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Forever Young (taster 2)
I closed my eyes and gave an inbuilt scream, hopping I was dreaming, my eyes fluttered open, instead of 5, there was 10...circling me. Standing still now.
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Vampire.
I awaken to a hunger, Like a bolt in my brain, A hunger so driving... It could send me insane. A red film of blood, Covers my vision, Underneath red it's clearer, A gaze with precision.
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Mermaids
I scratch at his arms, digging long gnarled nails deep into his soft flesh piercing open blood veins for the water to sting.
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Untitled
A stone alter with scarlet blood flowing down the stones. A small girl with long black hair in an old Victorian night dress standing with a sacrificial dagger in her hand.
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Creatures Of The Dark
*This is a special poem, I wrote this one a few years ago on Halloween, now it's back and I refined it and changed a few parts of it, please turn the page and enjoy.
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Dullahan
Lock up your children, Lock up your wives, Line your doors with gold. There's a-killin' To be done tonight By the Dullahan, so I'm told.
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ReOccuring Fightmare
His face was numb, the taste of blood on his lips, his own. Soon again they would come, and again he would face them alone.
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Shade Of Grey
"Charlie's in the tree line, about three clicks ahead, and we're out of luck on fire support, cos' the radios are dead, we're pretty low on ammo, last night we lost four men.
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Heart Art
A few years ago, in San Diego, a small family (mom, dad and daughter) moved into a big house. The daughter loved art. She was very clever when it came to creative hobbies and artistic pursuits.
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The Chosen (Part 3)
As the pair stride through the heavy rain the towering headstocks casts a ghostly shadow across the village the sound of the rain causing a thunder like sound that bellows across the village.
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Little Girl
You grow up thinking you can take anyone and everything put in your way. You make plans in your head, preparing for an event that will likely never occur.
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Tempest
I can hear the sound of the rain, furiously bombarding my window. The wind howling, shrieking, crying out my name. The trees roar with frustration, their branches crashing against each other.
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Album Cover
Sarah was walking home as fast as she could. She had a biology test tomorrow and she didn’t want to fail. As she walked faster and faster her long blonde hair flipped in the wind.
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Soul Candy
He thought that it had left him, he thought that it had gone. He thought he'd beaten the demon inside. He'd thought, but then he'd thought wrong, You're mine, you fool, I own you.
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The Ticking
My home is darkness. I am dead. No life I feel in heart or head; No pleasant sound to soothe my ears. All but that one, through endless years...
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Liar, Liar
If anything about Damien was certain, it was that you couldn’t trust him with anything. His lies, his big mouth, and his all-around shady character drove everyone away.
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DARKNESS - Opening
1. The moss-covered gate swung in the strong wind in front of me as flashes of lightning illuminated the bell tower which stood guard over the grounds.
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Fog Girl
One day I was out at the park when a mysterious fog began to develop across the field. I looked out into the fog and saw the scrawny figure of a young girl.
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The Listeners-Part 7
Sorry if its a bit long!. Just felt right to end it all now, on the 7th part. Hope you have enjoyed this series and please feel free to leave feedback :) many thanks.
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The Creeping Rain (The Broken Web, Part 1)
The rain crept over the dark elms and the lake, over the broken plough lying useless in the field, over the dead stones; it crept like death itself coming for granny Wirren, and she knew it.
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The Riddle Of Riddles
Chapter Twelve. Scott took the first brave step into the lounge, we followed our tracks from before. He stopped in the same place, we both glanced over at the rocking chair.
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The Dark Spectre Chapter 6
I woke up feeling sore but I didn't wake up in my car I was in someones apartment I slightly remember coming here once for a party but hadn't been here since a tall man appeared it was my neibour...
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Legion
Onward they came, ever onward, their ranks a mass of death. The foul wind that prevailed them, was enough to steal the breath. Onward they came, ever onward, bringing darkness ever near.
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