Gold & Scarlet_The Pointed Claw_Red or Blue Slush?_ Ninpsy's Story
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Gold & Scarlet
The two men are in the small house.One of them is slumped against the wall. He can’t move much.The one that stands has a black beard that has been stained with blood and puss. He holds a bloody axe in his right hand. His chest is heaving. It is the slumped man’s blood and puss that is in his beard.The sun is setting. The orange glow is bitter as it yawns through the old house. It is cut to shreds by windowpanes and door frames. “Hey,” says the one on the floor, “I got some cigarettes I’ve been saving for this shit. Still got your lighter?”Standing nods.“Where are they?”“Breast-” slumped over w...
The Pointed Claw
I dropped my wine when I saw it. Glass smashed on the kitchen floor tiles and merlot hit my feet and I just stood there dumbly. I wanted so much to run but my legs were having none of it. My stomach was a swirling black hole at that moment and I imagined my body being sucked inward like water down a bathtub's drain. That would be great, though, right? I'd disappear. Then I wouldn't be peering through the window, into the dark of the yard, right at the yellow-eyed thing that I couldn't believe was real.The light from the kitchen cast a sickly glow on my prowler. A horror film director couldn't ...
Red or Blue Slush?
I rapped on the trunk.“Back soowww.onedoor.ccn Rube. Call of nature.”There was no reply. Maybe he couldn’t hear me. Or maybe I couldn’t hear him. Which was just as well, didn’t want my precious cargo attracting any attention. I began the walk to the service station, my goddamn bladder kicking me for pulling up in such a far, secluded spot of the carpark.Washing my hands after attending to the necessary, I glimpsed myself in the smeared mirror. Between the speckles, I thought my grey eyes looked darker than they did this morning. The frown line deeper. The flickering bulb making a few more white hairs glim...
Ninpsy's Story
Ninpsy was tired of having to be a servant to the king. She was bullied constantly by the Princess. She was royal blood what did the princess know of her other than when she helped her into her corsets and lavish gowns. " As if she could understand what it's like to be me, " Ninpsy said under her breath.She walked back to the hut she shared with a cat and a chicken. She felt so alone. The sun was just setting as she walked into the hut.Farcee the cat was laid out on the floor of the hut that was sand. The cat didn't seem to care though.Ninpsy looked at him and shook her head. " I really wish I...