Tag Archives: Angela Yuriko Smith

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Critical Bird Song, or The Rising Costs of Beachfront by Angela Yuriko Smith The birds played a dirge upon the wires, a last mournful tune for the forest, for the meadows, for the world. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! All Things Rise by Angela Yuriko Smith The tide brings them up. Some dark things walk in the sun. Shadows are rising. . The spirits are whispering to me… from the sea they speak … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Back After this Short Break by Angela Yuriko Smith I did all the things you told me to I paid in gold for digital glamor. You consumed my joy and left me empty Until … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Gatekeeper by Angela Yuriko Smith They thought they could hold me with enchantment, trapped in iron and reduced to ornamentation… a trifle barely noticed, some thing to knock around, knock down knock up. They thought … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! My Heart is a Train Saw by Angela Yuriko Smith My heart is a train saw. . I am not your damsel in distress, trembling in white dress, hanging on your words, dying to … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! You Deserve the Best by Angela Yuriko Smith A Public Service Announcement: Witches don’t need cauldrons.Black and brooms not required.No cat under a full moon, no cackleno eye of newt, no wart of toad.No … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Marital Hiss by Angela Yuriko Smith Part I: Her Complaint Late at night, your words did flowon eternity implied with youthful glow.With blinded trust I bared my veinto seal a pact in crimson stain. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Last Thouhts by Angela Yuriko Smith This view from where I lay and decay:a vista of moss, a horizon in miniaturewhispers of green as my vision dims…and so go all my hopes and dreams. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Promises by Angela Yuriko Smith The road calls— an asphalt River of Styx. The lives it claims are legion. . Human, animal, insect… Death is death. The flat expanse promises new vistas, horizons, progress. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Ties that Bind by Angela Yuriko Smith One lock. A lock-it hanging from an iron chain. . Two locks. Twin bracelets to make sure you remain. . Three locks. On the wall you’re … Continue reading →