Tag Archives: Michelle Joy Gallagher

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Purgatory by Michelle Joy Gallagher There was nothing inside the tiny room to provide any comfort. No windows and no source of light.  She’d kept track of the days by carving jagged marks into the … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Helena by Michelle Joy Gallagher Helena learned early on that silence was its own language. It overcame the joyful when words were insufficient. It paralyzed the fearful. Rage, in its greed, stole words directly … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Flicker by Michelle Joy Gallagher His breath became more labored as the hours passed. His lungs drowning as his heart gave out. Mikael was too young to be afflicted this way, but since he … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Dig by Michelle Joy Gallagher Debra liked the sound her boots made on the old wood of the pedestrian bridge. It reminded her of when she was little and she and her mother would … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Maggie by Michelle Joy Gallagher There was something old in the woods. The trees cradled their own ancient history, reaching toward the sky in perpetual praise of the sun god, and the rocks grew … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Package by Michelle Joy Gallagher She’d carried it for days. A thick heavy thing wrapped in parchment. Her hands and back ached with the task, but she had been paid enough that she … Continue reading →