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The Masks of Owls
by A.F. Stewart
He waits, expectant of
broken bones from glittering ingenues,
scattered decorations for my nightmares,
littering this road to nowhere
I hear the drumbeat pounding…
He waits, expectant of
a shadowed stain, a white chalk outline
all hollowed eyes and alabaster feathers;
the stare of annihilation
I hear the drumbeat sounding…
He waits, expectant of
ghostly birds of prey, psyche stalking
beyond the terminal edge of my sanity
with a siren’s call of destiny
I hear the drumbeat grounding…
He waits, expectant of
a patient creature, undying and primal
both monster and eternal redeemer
awash in the void of entropy
I hear the drumbeat drowning…
all the world in blood
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Fiction © Copyright A.F. Stewart
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from A.F. Stewart:
Visions and Nightmares
Tragedy spares no one… and takes no prisoners.
In the twilight shadows, secrets are revealed past the whispers of madness.
Wander into the realm of the old gods with Elenora, where humanity and marriage are a prison.
Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.
Join with Zenna to seek the truth as her death by magic grows closer.
Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.
Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.
Shiver as Doctor Killbride experiments with corpses to create life from death.
All that and more await within the pages.
Ten stories. Ten women.
Who will survive? Who will fall? And who will succumb to their inner evil?
Find out in Visions and Nightmares.
Warning: This book contains disturbing scenes that may be upsetting to some readers.
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