Tag Archives: Angela Yuriko Smith

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Resolution by Angela Yuriko Smith The sins of the last year I will burn in this flame. I have set the altar and the sacrifice waits —a sufficient supplicant. My scapegoat, I fold … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Post Consumer by Angela Yuriko Smith Repentance came too late. Death had passed… kissing blistered skin hushing pained cries soothing all the pains with forever sleep. We slipped beneath the acrid smog, smoke … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Land Mind by Angela Yuriko Smith I’m trying to remember sympathy, she said to no one but the circling vultures. Broken deflated land shattered beneath bone shimmering shell of sky and melting cirrus … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Guardian Fairy by Angela Yuriko Smith All grandma left me when she died was a tacky figurine of an angel and horse. She always called it her tooth fairy. Someone handed it … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Time is Irreverent by Angela Yuriko Smith Dreams are cut from aching flesh and tempered in weeping. Nothing is left for me but a broken clock and your heart. The gears grind with no … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Monster Apparent by Angela Yuriko Smith Today I found the perfect monster. She was flawlessly self entitled like a Barbie complete with Malibu car and keys. Her hair cost more than groceries. Her … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Butterflies Lie by Angela Yuriko Smith Lies from butterflies— pretty, false things. Worms with wings masquerading as divas. Exercise extreme caution. They are deceitful. They came from the planet Mars to wipe out … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Like Clockwork by Angela Yuriko Smith Five pistons pounding a migraine rhythm of staccato blues on grey matter blinding her. Four rejection injectors loaded with toxic words and deceptive perceptions throwing up false … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Lovers Never Leave Her by Angela Yuriko Smith Her lovers never leave her.. She treasures them all keeping them close holding them dear. There are no arguments over chores. Their gaze never strays … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! She Waits by Angela Yuriko Smith She waits soaking in myth at the fountain of youth for ambitious pilgrims that seek salad days without wilt. She ponders the hypocrisy of epochs that promise … Continue reading →