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Blind Revenge 🥇
She vowed to collect restitution. Personally. For Short Shots Oct 2020 - 1st place winner!
Rated: 13+
~4,440 Words
Supernatural, Fantasy, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
It doesn't burn.
A grimoire no one can read. Until they can.
Rated: E
~179 Words
Dark, Death, Supernatural
Type: Poetry
Updated about 9 hours ago
The Eternal Youth Spell
Old witch desires her youth.
Rated: E
~240 Words
Contest Entry, Dark, Occult
Type: Poetry
Updated a day ago
Still More Express It Eight Poems
a place to store my daily Express It In Eight and other Short poems
Rated: 13+
44 Entries
Cultural, Dark, Experience
Type: Collection
Updated a day ago
Rated: E
~178 Words
Dark, Mystery, Personal
Type: Draft
Updated 2 days ago
Unfurling
A cosmic metamorphosis of fractured beings seeking flight amidst crumbling foundations.
Rated: E
~213 Words
Dark, Psychology, Emotional
Type: Poetry
Updated 2 days ago
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The Dark Cathedral
Oh to hear the maddening screams
Rated: ASR
~113 Words
Death, Dark, Spiritual
Type: Poetry
Updated 12 years ago
The angel of death
A poem in honor of my best friend, who died last year. She pulled me from the deepest pit.
Rated: E
~165 Words
Death, Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Poetry
Updated 2 days ago
Evil eyes
The first two sentences as a hook for a book inspired by an image
Rated: E
~38 Words
Drama, Dark
Type: Fiction
Updated 3 days ago
More Poet's Place Poems
More Poet's Place Poems and Related Poems
Rated: 13+
34 Entries
Cultural, Dark, Other
Type: Collection
Updated 3 days ago
Somebody's Watching Me
Sheila has an unwanted and dangerous guest...
Rated: 13+
~1,861 Words
Occult, Paranormal, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 days ago
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Practically Safe
A tragic chain of events alter a boy's life; propelling him into a world most never see.
Rated: 13+
~2,850 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 days ago
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The Luring
A journey takes a dark path
Rated: ASR
~106 Words
Dark, Death, Occult
Type: Poetry
Updated 12 years ago
Words
Poisoned words pierce the heart, leaving broken spirits in their wake. A soul's lament.
Rated: 13+
~134 Words
Dark, Emotional, Personal
Type: Poetry
Updated 6 days ago
The Old Man
What did he say before he died?
Rated: E
~185 Words
Dark, Death, Spiritual
Type: Poetry
Updated 6 days ago
Spectre
A lone spectre drifts through fading memories, lost between life and something beyond.
Rated: 13+
~646 Words
Paranormal, Ghost, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 days ago
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Escape
How did I get here?
Rated: 13+
~126 Words
Dark, Drama, Psychology
Type: Poetry
Updated 7 days ago
The man
A poem of a break
Rated: E
~105 Words
Tragedy, Dark, Romance/Love
Type: Poetry
Updated 7 days ago
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Just a Dream
Life is simple and complicated all at the same time.
Rated: 18+
~745 Words
Emotional, Death, Dark
Type: Fiction
Updated 11 years ago
Frayed
You have broken me
Rated: 18+
~192 Words
Psychology, Tragedy, Dark
Type: Poetry
Updated 8 days ago
Work $#@& Harder?
Entry for the rebel poetry contest 5/2025
Rated: 18+
~126 Words
Dark, Emotional, Psychology
Type: Poetry
Updated 9 days ago
Cruelest Twist - A ghost story
A piece of a story about a ghost hunt investigation in an old estate
Rated: E
~568 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Romance/Love
Type: Sample
Updated 9 days ago
A Little South of Sanity
They always put barcodes in the least convenient places. Hook of the Book (March 2025).
Rated: 13+
~114 Words
Dark, Comedy, Military
Type: Prose
Updated 11 days ago
We never asked her name [220]
Ekphrastic poem inspired by the monochrome ink drawing "Sinking in the Dark" by Benson Koo
Rated: 13+
~150 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Arts
Type: Poetry
Updated 11 days ago
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A Psychiatric File
A story of a man's psychiatric case file...
Rated: 13+
~642 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
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The Tides That Bind
Nessa returns to a coastal town, facing memories and a sea that sings secrets of the past.
Rated: E
~304 Words
Psychology, Emotional, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Echoes of Unlit Corners
Shadows reveal buried regrets, forcing Mira to face echoes of her past.
Rated: E
~479 Words
Emotional, Dark, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Library of Unwritten Endings
A library of lost stories helps Levi uncover the truth about his missing sister.
Rated: E
~424 Words
Dark, Psychology, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Noctuary
A haunted subway garden forces Elara to face guilt, loss, and the echoes of her past.
Rated: E
~473 Words
Psychology, Dark, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Ferryman’s Static
A widow traverses liminal grief, facing regrets with the Ferryman’s static.
Rated: E
~2,874 Words
Psychology, Dark, Self Help
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
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Blind Revenge 🥇
She vowed to collect restitution. Personally. For Short Shots Oct 2020 - 1st place winner!
Rated: 13+
~4,440 Words
Supernatural, Fantasy, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
But...
April 2025 entry distorted minds Contest
Rated: 18+
~170 Words
Fantasy, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
The Stranger with the Leaf
Leaves get everywhere sometimes.
Rated: 13+
~673 Words
Death, Emotional, Dark
Type: Prose
Updated 13 days ago
The Underworld
Welcome to the Underworld
Rated: ASR
~131 Words
Fantasy, Dark, Action/Adventure
Type: Poetry
Updated 14 days ago
Doctor Frankenstein
in a Clerihew poem for the Writer's Block
Rated: E
~24 Words
Comedy, Fantasy, Dark
Type: Poetry
Updated 14 days ago
Rated: E
~44 Words
Emotional, Dark, Personal
Type: Poetry
Updated 17 days ago
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The Dark Cathedral
Oh to hear the maddening screams
Rated: ASR
~113 Words
Death, Dark, Spiritual
Type: Poetry
Updated 12 years ago
Static Becomes a Relic Here
A town’s silence hardens into resin, and an archivist catalogs its unsaid words.
Rated: E
~443 Words
Dark, Psychology, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 days ago
Rated: E
~201 Words
Mystery, Nature, Dark
Type: Poetry
Updated 18 days ago
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CLEARLY ESTRANGED
POEM on one sided love. Moment, I realize our love is over.
Rated: E
~480 Words
Relationship, Dark, Romance/Love
Type: Poetry
Updated 18 days ago
Heart on her Sleeve
Ever help a stranger only to have them return to repay you later?
Rated: 18+
~3,118 Words
Dark, Crime/Gangster, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 days ago
Still in the Static
A son wrestles father's war-ghost, grief, and memory in a home turned museum of absence.
Rated: E
~294 Words
Dark, Military, Psychology
Type: Poetry
Updated 19 days ago
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The Luring
A journey takes a dark path
Rated: ASR
~106 Words
Dark, Death, Occult
Type: Poetry
Updated 12 years ago
Wishful Thinking
Eight line poem
Rated: E
~57 Words
Dark, Death, Philosophy
Type: Poetry
Updated 19 days ago
French-Kissing A Cat
My first attempt at black/dark humour, as friendly as I will allow. Sorryyyyyy :0
Rated: 13+
~482 Words
Comedy, Dark, LGBTQ+
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 days ago
Tales of the red willow
This is a tale of grief, triumph, defeat and sorrow, of those who felt the red willow.
Rated: 18+
3 Entries
Crime/Gangster, Fantasy, Dark
Type: Novel
Updated 19 days ago
The Forever Dream
A man is caught in the grips of a nightmare
Rated: 13+
~640 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Fiction
Updated 20 days ago
Born of Misty Espresso and Angry Chai
A world created by a little girl that gone through pernicy.
Rated: 13+
~239 Words
Mystery, Dark, Death
Type: Draft
Updated 21 days ago
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Just a Dream
Life is simple and complicated all at the same time.
Rated: 18+
~745 Words
Emotional, Death, Dark
Type: Fiction
Updated 11 years ago
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My Survival
I'm put to the test
Rated: E
~141 Words
Writing, Personal, Dark
Type: Poetry
Updated 22 days ago
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Pieces of me
Waiting for the one.
Rated: 18+
~147 Words
Dark, Romance/Love, Contest Entry
Type: Poetry
Updated 22 days ago
Love in The Time of Zombies
Love happens, even when everyone's being eaten by zombies!
Rated: 18+
~873 Words
Romance/Love, Comedy, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 23 days ago
Ignatius Pyre
Ignatius makes a deal to become rich. 2nd in Short Shots Official WDC Contest, 03 2023.
Rated: 13+
~1,442 Words
Dark, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 25 days ago
Mind Games
My perspective on the effects of manipulation tactics in relationships.
Rated: ASR
~162 Words
Relationship, Psychology, Dark
Type: Prose
Updated 25 days ago
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A Psychiatric File
A story of a man's psychiatric case file...
Rated: 13+
~642 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Threes
Twisted Tale - April 2025 - Where is the line between superstition and reality?
Rated: 13+
~3,526 Words
Horror/Scary, Death, Dark
Type: Fiction
Updated 26 days ago
Ambush of the Jotunscout
Melodic Death Metal, Norse Themes - Song Lyrics
Rated: ASR
~364 Words
Folklore, Dark, Mythology
Type: Lyrics
Updated 29 days ago
Lost and found: An old Journal entry.
The introduction to the first book I ever wrote, and the advent of my favorite characters.
Rated: ASR
~487 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Fiction
Updated about a month ago
Rip and tear.
Another poem from my journal.
Rated: E
~199 Words
Dark, Religious, Psychology
Type: Poetry
Updated about a month ago
Abby Lane
diary entrys from a teen who falls in love with his friend
Rated: 13+
~11,269 Words
Comedy, Romance/Love, Dark
Type: Novella
Updated about a month ago
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