Tag Archives: Angela Yuriko Smith

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Small Atonement by Angela Yuriko Smith Mother, don’t leave me… the last words I said to her. as she walked away but I understand why she had to leave me there. I had … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Social Ghosts by Angela Yuriko Smith Social distancing is no big deal for… a ghost. It’s what we know best. A bump in the night— a push at the old planchette Is how … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Digital Djinn by Angela Yuriko Smith I should have left it hidden on the occult shelf at the library. Curiosity wouldn’t let me walk away. I found it waiting behind a copy of … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Accidents Happen by Angela Yuriko Smith Friendships forged in dark last longest. Tested by fire drowned in salty tears. Friends are for secrets. Mistakes we’ve made, bad things done… Accidents happen. Friends don’t … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Paper Cuts by Angela Yuriko Smith Love is a razor like these photos that I keep. Painful reminders forever preserved on stiff paper, stiff like you— a paper cut love. I should rip … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Last Meal by Angela Yuriko Smith From the wretched deep spews the last good and pure thing to be forgotten. Tainted in a world of death, rot, and pestilence— mixing in the swamp. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Hiding from Monsters by Angela Yuriko Smith I want to be the giant towering over a cracked land with splintered fingernails collecting stardust and cumulus in my cuticles. I want to be a … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Obedient Minions (don’t!) by Angela Yuriko Smith The gears of progress grind us into ash and dust… remnants of our souls cast off between shifts. No matter the cost, we toil for the … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Game Faces by Angela Yuriko Smith “Checkmate,” one god said. He smiled with self-assurance. There was no answer. The other god reached across the board for her queen— an overlooked threat. “Maybe a … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! No More Drives (rensaku) by Angela Yuriko Smith Once a cherished thing the beast now sits forgotten— dust and metal rust. The chrome is tarnished. No loving hands to polish this paint, now … Continue reading →