I cheated Death when I first contemplated suicide at the age of five. But Death won’t be cheated for long. So here I stand, at the age of 20, smirking at the irony of it all.
All those years of planning, plotting and then chickening out of taking my life by my own hands, only to have it taken away by the hands of another.
I’ve been a real dodo to think Death would let me play that game for long.
I tend to write a lot about fear. The following snippet or very short story was written in October 1984 and explores how our own mind can be our worst enemy.
I once had a dream about a strange kind of genetic vampire. I’m now working on a story based on that dream. Here’ a first draft of the beginning. Daniël looked over at the remains of his lover, lying in the hotel bed, and wondered, “Would it ever stop?” Like all the rest, she lay…
Way back when Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel were still airing, I came up with an idea that I never pitched. I’m kind of glad I didn’t as the story has really evolved its own mythos and I think will make a nice, mildly humorous series of short stories and novellas. Here’s a short prelude to the first story, which centers around Clarissa first learning about her unique gift and meeting her right hand companion, Zorin — a half-human, half-“demon” were-alien.
I got this idea on Saturday while on my morning walk. The song “Cry for You” came up and this idea unfolded in my mind. I grabbed my smartphone and recorded the idea so that it wouldn’t be lost among my synapses.
The following is a fictionalized version of something that actually happened to me. The scar is almost gone, but the memory lingers. The tree was tall and hanging upon it were baubles and balls, angels and tin soldiers, tinsel and lights. A little girl, no more than five or six approaches it. Her curly hair…
I’m still working on this one, and am unsure where I want to take it, but thought it was fun to read, anyway. I first saw the vampire next door when I went to water my Bellflowers last Thursday evening. I remember it had been a long day at work and I had gotten home…