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 Vol 2: Moths to flame

You can't save everyone, but it never hurts to try. I always felt like that should have been some 'Old-Folk's' wisdom passed down from my grandfather, to my Dad, to me and then to Nick, and then my grandchildren, but my Old Man never really took the time to give me any wisdom, save from …

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 …