She sits alone in the dark, tears pooling onto her pillow. The grey satin that she wishes she had catches in the moonlight, leaving the dark spots to glisten angrily from the bed. Each night she follows the same ritual. She follows it so close you’d think it was a religeon.

When the bright sun rose in the morning, still she sat, unhappily awaiting the golden light that filtered through her dainty...

He smiles with a mouth full of sharp teeth. Grinning, hands full of my still warm flesh. I sit and stare, shocked by his devilish beauty. Crimson runs down the truck windows and out of the gaps in the door.

I shake, hands vibrating on their own. My legs are weak, my heart stuck somewhere in my throat. It hammers so loudly I feel as though it might burst out from between my . I ask myself if I wen...

Yelling, kitchen cabinet doors slamming. Faces hot red with anger. Hands flailing in wild emotional description. I hold the hand of my little sister, my baby sister on my hip. We watch them argue for several minutes. They turn around and see us standing there. The sudden look of dismay washes over the both of them. Too young to know what this meant, my sisters and I just stood frozen, staring. Tea...

Choking.

Boy, grasping.

Flashes of murder.

Ted Bundy in this crib.

Spiked black necklaces.

With exposed rib cages…

Blood trickling, running down.

Grasping, gasping, grabbing.

Gun in the wound.

Knife down his throat.

Freakish acts of a clown.

Watch this yummy circus.

Cousins with Jeffrey Dahmer,

Screaming, young boys dreaming.

R.I.P Lin Jun, I was there to see it.

Helped Big Lurch plan his demis...

I awoke not with a bang, nor a whimper, but rather a long steaming tongue scraping its way up the side of my face.

It’s funny how while we sleep, we pay little to no attention to what’s around us. And in those times, we lay most vulnerable. And so when my eyes popped open, focusing on this large hairy thing hanging over me, I lay very still. Eyes wide, careful not to make a sound.

I could feel t...

Look at her.

All dazzled up…

“Just be yourself.”

And okay well, I did.

Now I have to apologize.

Because your girl got on my last nerve.

And I had to knock her hairline back a bit.

I had to bring her back to the dirty floor.

From that throne she thought she owned.

If you ask me, she should’ve known.

Baby, my name was carved there.

This kingdom only thrives with me.

I’m in control. You know that....

Wicked

By: Scott Reinwand

Crawling on all fours.

Head tick, tick, ticking.

Nails sharp on the floors.

Talons click, click, clicking.

Heads up, up in the rafters.

Bodies dead on the ground.

They’re drip, drip, dripping.

Hand around your throat.

Skin is rip, rip, ripping.

Quiet, sh, sh shh.

It comes out at night.

Don’t want it coming for you.

I heard it’s got eyes deep in its head.

Flesh with a s...

Set the mood- listen to:

Blue Strips

By: Jesse Murph

Turn it on!!!

🖤 🖤 🖤

On me?

Cheating, he’d never.

Sitting alone, I’ll never cry.

Broke up a week ago, fine.

Your friends?

Rude, always.

You were never worth it.

Ask me if I’m mad.

At you? Cheating?

No, I’d never.

Watch me.

Getting rich in the worst ways.

Honey, you’ll never hurt me.

My feelings? Never.

Thought you knew me?

No, you n...

Screaming into the night.

Heads hanging in the trees.

We’re between wrong and right.

I broke my rules for you.

This is horrific, I know.

Remember that in all you do.

Eyes are rolling back.

Just stay with me.

You’re so close to death.

It should make me sad.

To smell it on your breath.

It’s okay, don’t cry.

I’ll hold you.

It’s alright to die.

Fist closed around your throat.

Putting rocks in yo...

I hate when people comment on how I’ve changed for the better. On how I’m so perfect now. On how they love me so much more now. I’m more approachable. Whatever that means.

Can you just read this?

Therapist said I only ever talk about my feelings in my work. And then she walked away. She can’t help me if I don’t help myself. What type of advice is that? Read this. Hear me out… for once.

People...