I was only seven when I first saw the Angel. Most people live their entire lives without seeing it. When it does appear, it appears in a blinding glare of too-bright light. It speaks its Judgment in a voice that sounds like the crash of iron plates, and within seconds it vanishes. Only those in … Continue reading Angel of Death
Category: Short Stories
Memories
“How was your day dear?” The words left George’s lips without thought; he said the same words every day and had done for almost forty years. And his wife replied from the kitchen the same way she always did. He could hear her bustling around in there, washing up, cleaning away the cooking things. … Continue reading Memories
The Voice of Treason
When they came for her mother the servants betrayed her and threw her from her bedroom window to the street below. Legs broken and helpless, the horses trampled her to death as she screamed for mercy. The Queen Athaliah would not meet her death as her mother had. She would meet her death upright and … Continue reading The Voice of Treason
King of the Jews
The shepherd stood upon the hillside and watched as the party of men approached. They were bandits, from the broken lands to the south. They lived in the caves and hid from the King’s men. But times were hard, and for every desperate thief that the King’s captain dragged out of his hole, ten more … Continue reading King of the Jews
The Gates of Heaven
John hesitantly approached the gates of the prison cell, shaking and sweating. The angels faced him, one on either side of the metal door. Their serene faces held those distant smiles, impervious to the screams that filled the hallway. The glory of their presence here among such infinite misery was still just as incongruent to … Continue reading The Gates of Heaven
Man of Iron
You may have heard the familiar story. Far away a planet died and the last survivor, a baby, was sent to our planet. He was adopted by a humble farmer and his wife, and grew to become a legend. Yet what if he had not landed in our time, but in the age of the … Continue reading Man of Iron
Herald of the Vampire (seven parts)
Chapter One The mayor looked at me, his eyes bloodshot and raw from tears, his face grizzled, his jowls heavy. Gone was that supercilious look that had so rankled me before. I did not think him capable of that now. Now was only the numb hopelessness of loss, a paper-thin mask that would too easily … Continue reading Herald of the Vampire (seven parts)
Child of Stone
He was named ‘To Shine on the East’, a lofty expectation for a Chinese peasant’s son, in a land where lofty aspirations for sons was common. Two hundred years ago a poem was written by this boy’s ancestors. These long-remembered elders of his ancient clan had been the first to give him a name, centuries … Continue reading Child of Stone
The Vampire and the Fae
“Come in” I said. His lips parted, blood-red and wet. The smile didn’t reach his eyes. He entered the house like a tiger, all soft poise and velveted violence. He was beautiful, or he intended to be. A vampire’s glamour only works on us when we choose it to. I allowed his glamour to slip … Continue reading The Vampire and the Fae
The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The man squatted by the cave mouth, half shadowed. He hadn’t eaten in days, but the hunger in his belly stilled in wonder of the strange rite echoing from within. His arms still ached from the long climb through the woods that cleaved to the mountainside. But that seemed like nothing now as he stared … Continue reading The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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