Weird Dreams Vol 3- The Smoke and the Fear

The following is a horror story based on a dream I had when I was 12 or 13, mature content warning. The sky was pitch black. A canopy of smoke reached towards the desolate heaven above, towering over a crimson pitch. The city was burning. Alfie watched from his bedroom window, watching the smoke drift …

Weird Dreams- Death of the Forest

The woods used to be so much bigger. Hundreds of years ago, spanning from one horizon to the other, a sea of deep and dark greens that gave life to the Earth, and hid many secrets. At least, that's what his parents used to keep telling him. Now it was a small oasis in the …

ARBORTHERIUM

This was an entry to a free short-story competion based on weekly prompts by Reedsy.com   The prompt I chose was "characters are warned not to go into a forest"   The forest wasn't there last night. Gramma said it was a miracle, Papi said it was the Devil's work. The younger Winks didn't know what …

The Invisible Horror of HBO’s Chernobyl-An analysis on its writing

Hot on the heels of an ultimately, disappointing final series for HBO's Game of Thrones, the miniseries Chernobyl  came out of nowhere for a great many people, and completely swept them away. Telling the all-too-true tale of the cataclysm that befall Pripyat in Soviet controlled Ukraine on the 26th of April, 1986, albeit in typical HBO fashion; …

One Golden Moment in Resident Evil 6-Edonia Town Hall

Resi 6 was built up with a fair amount of hype and fanfare, the trailers promising four-count 'em, four!- different campaigns with different styles of gameplay, in order to capitalise on each type of player that would be picking this up. Each campaign also represents a different style of play that the Resident Evil games have …

We’re in something-country-Short Story challenge 20/2018

    WE'RE IN SOMETHING-COUNTRY   These country roads weren't built for such a machine. The metallic beast roared past the empty verdant fields, and the winds swept through his hair. It was a beautiful, bright day, and the sky was a great blue expanse. His Mustang '67 glistened in all it's cherry red glory. …

In the air- Short Story Challenge 18/09/2018

IN THE AIR   The Jordan air was hot and stale, but the air around Ann was electric. She was sat in the plane staring out across the desert, her body ran wild with nervous lightning. This was going to be the biggest break-through of her career. So far, anyway. She was so engrossed she …

Lost Dreams- Short Story Challenge 17/09/2018

    LOST DREAMS     By the time he arrived the bodies had already been replaced by chalk outlines. Much of the gore and viscera had been cleaned by now, but crimson stains still clung to the wooden floor. The worst murder in the history of the city, they said. Seven bodies, four of …