Bring me those born from your loin.Those who have nested in your womb.Those you bore as your life’s fruit.Bring me the child you cherish so.Gift them to me so that I may grow. I am the monster you feed at night.I am the demon that your fear.I am the angel you call out to.When you… Continue reading Bring Me
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When You’re Lost In The Darkness…
Joel sat motionless, his head pounding from the concussion.His vision blurred, and the ringing in his ear was as sharp and unrelenting as in the one already dulled by partial deafness. Marlene’s voice drifted to him, incomprehensible, a distant drone. She was undoubtedly speaking with focus and intent, imploring him to listen, but the meaning… Continue reading When You’re Lost In The Darkness…
Him
It was too late.He was weary, He had nowhere to run. She was in the hall. She was something he didn’t know, he no longer recognised. How much love and devotion he’d given to her over the years. Now completely lost in the monster she’d become. She, no it, would be here soon, hungry for… Continue reading Him
The Sensing
You can hear the growling through its labouring breath.You sit, panting and sweating.The remnants of your arm,Like fleshy wet ribbon. You can hear the scratching through the creaking floor.You sit, shaking and trembling.The persistence of your fear,Like sins never forgiven. You can see the breaking through the shattering door.You stand, hastening and quickening.The insistence of… Continue reading The Sensing
Coming Home
He was walking along the dimly lit street back toward his house. The glow from his cell phone was the only forward-facing illumination, as he held it tightly in his hand. At 23 years old he was a young man. He never got scared now, not like when he was a child. No longer was… Continue reading Coming Home
That creature…
"That creature..." is a poem from a selection of new horror based poetry and short stories by Mathew James Ford that is soon to be published. His current work: Apostles: 12 Meditations on Modern Philosophy is available to buy in print and on Kindle.UK: http://amzn.to/31TioQyUS: http://amzn.to/321ARuA
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