Blood streaks his back, wings in tatters. He lies spread-eagle on the sand, at the lip of a gravelly cliff. Oh brother- you’ve turned on me. I drive my heel into his face, crushing it to the ground. He hisses, laughing madly under cracked ribs. All my fury broils over- my brother has become aContinue reading “Michael”
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Ghost
His tapered fingers danced across the keys, coaxing a haunting melody from the dusky piano. I lingered, tucked away into the shadowed corner of the chapel. Stained glass windows let crisp autumn air pour in. He did not see me. Not now, lost in his private reverie, giving all of himself to his music. IContinue reading “Ghost”
There is But One Flower That Grows in Hell
I kneel under a willow in the spirit-ridden glade. The sky is a dark tapestry shot through with silver threads of star. Shivering, I clutch my jacket- red like scarlet blood- closer, leaning into the crook of a dying tree. The willow’s branches float like serpents across the wind. There is nowhere left to go.Continue reading “There is But One Flower That Grows in Hell”
Lapis Exillis
“Don’t you ever love?” I mock him, that angel of an impenetrable fortress. It is Arab Spring, and his people are lambs to slaughter, fields of the dead, from Egypt to Iraq. “You’re killing them all, malakh ha mavat! You could never love. You’re heartless.” My voice trembles with suffrage. I deny his mercy: heContinue reading “Lapis Exillis”
Your Only Doll
Samael pours a shot of vodka and kicks the scuffed heels of his boots onto the bar. He yawns obscenely loud, curtain of dark hair fringing his face in shadow. I tense, drawing away from him on my barstool as he leans back, grinning like a feral hound “What’s a doll to do on aContinue reading “Your Only Doll”
Dances with Tricksters 