Echos of a haunted beyond drift across this gentle shore, Washing upon each stone like a memory at the horizon. Each pulsing beat moving me between past and present, Like a swinging form upon a gallows. Dark are my eyes of late, Keeping me here upon the water. Swing side to side, Like a scythe … More Sinister Countdown- Upon a Bank
Oh aid us on our path of blood, To places beyond these darkened eyes. Gods that once forgot these mortal calls, Now open an obsidian clad heaven, And bring forth your abysmal plague. Like pawns we must be upon a board of bones, Cut with rippling glass and screaming souls. Now let us bow before … More Sinister Countdown- Gods of Old
Today’s Saturday book review is a classic mystery thriller, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. When a young art teacher is employed at a rather wealthy estate to teach a pair of sisters art classes, a fateful turn of events occurs that rapidly opens a deeper more sinister story. Acclaimed to be one of … More Saturday Book Review- The Woman in White
Leaves turn from sleeping limbs, Dropping down with flits and whirls. Drifting past like forgotten memories, Waiting to be remembered. Such is the color and nature of autumn, Who’s sheds living memories of fair times. But in this moment darkened forms cut across such beauty, Bearing between them what can only be death. Two black … More Sinister Countdown- Hidden Malice
Between these waving stalks, Beyond the rough edge of this shoreline. Something watches As wind rustles through leaves. This sunset so wasted on human eyes, Gives heed to alien tongues long silenced. Now as colors are tasted and prey is set, A game much older than these rocks begins. Shuffling gate and loping arms, Place … More Sinister Countdown- Lingering in the Shadows
Are you watching between the trees, For one who walks with silent feet? As still as snow upon sleeping grass, She steals her way between watching stones. While touching engraved name, Upon each headstone of years passed by. Oh, woman in white. Her naked feet trust each step, As she dances slow between the graves. … More Sinister Countdown- Woman In White
Here upon this shifting gold, Do I find myself reposed. All my eyes are and sense touch, Seems to call me back a wandering. Let these memories I’ve bound, Never be set apart. Or I will follow this shifting gold, And never be found a wanting. Shifting gold sings sweet to my mind, Blocking out … More Sinister Countdown- Shifting Gold
Today’s Saturday Book Review is The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud. This Young adult read is a thrilling supernatural-sleuthing story about a chronically haunted London follows three young ESP sensing teenagers as they embark upon strange and difficult cases,one of which may lead to riches and fortune, or death. I will always recommend Jonathan Stroud, … More Saturday Book Review- The Screaming Staircase
Light a fire upon the hill, And watch as beacons ignite. Darkness has fallen upon this land, Opening doors to a greater dark. Unholy creatures fill living spaces, Seeking out beauty to destroy. Between glowing pools of liquid silver, Men die, angles cry, and bestial throats roar. A war from the dawn of time rages … More Sinister Countdown- Terror of Night Fall
We searched for one another through a glass so clouded, You within a world of shadows and me with feet upon solid ground. Fingers moved within the dark, Searching upon a lettered board. Calling out with a clear high voice, Eyes rolling in their sockets deep. Your voice was so faint and beyond my ears, … More Sinister Countdown- Stirring The Deep
