For October, I decided to embrace the Halloween season and use titles of short stories and books discussed in the enjoyable and informative new book Monster,
Author: braveandrecklessblog
I refuse to be invisible. I honor my voice. I write because I have to.
Spare and Found Parts – Georgiann Carlson
she spent most of her time looking for spare parts she thought that if she could find their hearts she could put them back into
Monstress – Donna Matthews
I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. His voice is raspy and weak as he
Malevolent Melody: a collaborative piece by the curators of Blood Into Ink
Aurora Phoenix Your Urgency Pierced My Marrow with vanilla milquetoast pleadings you spun a web the envy of Arachne smeared in syrupy cajolery – I
Shield Maiden Collaboration: The Burning Bed
Dedicated to the Survivors of Domestic Violence worldwide 1Wise-Woman: memories float about like smoke from a raging wildfire unsure if I should run or hide
Silver Bullets
you are scars sculptured onto my soul black ink memory etched into my skin silver bullets shot from a high–powered rifle penetrating my flesh embedding
Spare and Found Parts – Christine E. Ray
you may have my heart I do not need it anymore I have replaced it with clockwork elegant diamond hard it ticks faithfully reliably beneath
My Soul to Keep – Georgiann Carlson
“What is that?” he asked. “Oh, this?” she said, holding out her hands. “It’s my soul. Sometimes it gets tired of staying inside of me,
Unhinged – Jamie Lynn Martin
Breaking my silence was never meant to be a scarlet letter seamed within my skin. Unhinging this decrepit restraint you once twisted into my jaw,
