Tag Archives: A.F. Stewart

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Paradise by A.F. Stewart Serenity. A small hidden lagoon, far past the maddening world. Green and lush, a beckoning oasis of quiet calm. The chance of a new life heralded by their leader. He preached … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Petrified Witch by A.F. Stewart Legends are a strange thing. They grow and morph and fester in the consciousness, changing their substance until only a core of the truth remains. They nestle … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! A Bottle From the Sea by A.F. Stewart Calls from the dead shouldn’t be answered. A twisted, citrus-scented breeze blew in from a deep ocean storm, stirring malevolent powers best left drowned. The … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Hanging Tree by A.F. Stewart In the rarefied air above the city, it appeared, the branch of the World Tree. It flickered like a mirage, sailing in and out of the sunlight … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Forever House by A.F. Stewart It changed with every decade, the house that was never there. The year I saw it, in 1910, it glittered in the sun as a stately mansion, … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Bottle Bees by A.F. Stewart Mama had a habit of leaving her soda pop bottles on the porch, just a little bit of liquid still lingering in the bottom. That attracted bees, crawling … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Rumble by A.F. Stewart The sunset cast the glow of fire over the standing stones, the last warmth of the day before the cold embrace of the night. The air quivered, a twitch … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Waiting For His Return by A.F. Stewart She stands at the window every twilight, waiting. The third apartment below the rooftop, in the cornice tower of the building. She is a hollow shell … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Selkie’s Song by A.F. Stewart Seal lass, fair creature beauteous and rare A discarded pelt within reach so svelte; a theft you will dare From salt sea she hails, spirit wild and free … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Residue by A.F. Stewart In the twilight we hear them, the everlasting voices. The resonance breaks our harmony of being, disturbing small fragmented vestiges of what we were. We tried to ignore them … Continue reading →