Writing Prompt

Like a termite he ate me from the inside out. All of those years training the boy wonder, having the honor of becoming his guardian after the tragic loss of his parents; which was something I could relate to. Entrusting him with all of my resources, beliefs, morals, and life lessons.

Our adventures used to leave me fulfilled with purpose but now I’m left hollow. A heart I used to hand him with h...

“Mr. Callahan…?” A voice called out, “Such an annoying voice” he thought. “Mr. Callahan?, I have the paperwork you requested, sir…” He sighed deeply as he slowly opened his eyes and a timid, stuttering secretary came into view. “What is it?” He said harshly, “Your papers, sir” She said almost trembling with fear. He snatched the papers and flipped through them, “Leave.” The secretary bowed and hur...

Waves of calloused skin crease his forehead, pressing down on sunken, hollow eyes. Sad eyes — a well of liquid tar — set against the backdrop of a bloodied wall of nothingness. His back, hunched and rounded, a mountain looming over a fragile figure. His legs shiver from the coldness of his own heart — broken, but still beating. His breath, ragged, as air squeezes from his lungs and slips into the ...

He peered out of the eyes that were only slits, the darkness behind them seeming to show an emptiness within, and yet he smiled. His teeth were white and unnaturally straight for a man of seventy five and seemed to be the only living thing about him. He stood as erected as he was able and still slouched heavily from his arched spine. His fellow man took pity on him and he used that to take advanta...

She is hurting

Though she hides it well

She feels hollow

Empty, void of feelings

She has an audience

People watching

Expecting perfection

Waiting for failure

Her spirit is crumpled

Stomped on one to many times

She puts on a brave face

She won’t let the spectators see

She is watching herself from the outside

She sees herself smile

She feels herself sinking

She is spinning

There is no way out ...

“Have you ever heard about ‘The Muncher of The Broken’” I lean in, almost touching the childs freckled face. A grin escapes my mouth at the sight of her freightend face.

“It is said that the creature stalks its prey with an almost perpetual grin smeared across the gaunt mask of a face”

The faint beginning of a cry contorts her lips and a tremble appears. I feel nothing. Where my empathy once was, ...

It was well after twilight and the night was heavy with the scent of loamy soil and impending rain. A full moon sat lazily in the sky, trying its hardest to shed as much light as possible, but the light was swallowed by the night nonetheless. Erik walked along the path from the inn, his footfalls heavy and rapid. He chastised himself for staying out so late and attempted to calm his nerves.

Sudd...

There is no easy way to cheat death.

Those who say they’ve gone down the hard path and achieved immortality are either ignorant, liars, or false gods that can still be felled in a single swoop. All who have attempted have died, and thus to quote the great philosophers: “The only way to cheat death is to be remembered.”

I believe I have found a middle ground between the two roads.

If all that mat...

This character is a tree that was carved like a human, yet this is not who you would think it would be. He is always grinning and hollow. The trees parents died and now hates humans and now with his new found body he can do anything...

Hollow body, they took my soul,

Went and tortured it right out of me.

Crumpled in a corner, eyes are dull,

Because darkness is what I breathe.

My inner demons are my best friends,

The only things that I’ve still got.

Them consuming me is how this ends,

I know better than to say it’s not.

They locked me up because I’m insane.

Broke my spirit with a heavy chain.

Shadows crawled up inside my brain....