very short story – Page 10 – Kris Charles

Blood War

WeirdVSS Twitter Prompt

Within my blood, a war rages.
Ancestors killing ancestors.
Actions they took, for the right reasons.
A whole lot blood sins.
My blood haunted by the bad.
Tempered by the good.
Paying for sins not mine.
Benefiting from actions not mine.
Within my blood, a war rages.

Cat

VSS365 Twitter Prompt

Walking by a cemetery one night I hear a cat meow.
I bit my lip, it was a cold, foggy, October night.
But the meows of a hurt cat echoed in the air.
I follow them through the headstones.
I stop when the meowing does.
In front of me a marble monument…
With my name.

Mayhem

VSSMurder Twitter Prompt

Mayhem, Death, & Destruction.
What do you expect?
I leave a trail of bodies.
Choosing my victims like fine wines.
I invite some friends along.
It is a Devil’s Hour Smash.
Blood & Death we revel in.
Mayhem, Death, & Destruction;
That is the way of my undead life.

Cusp

2WordPrompt Twitter

I hid how I have felt for so long.
Around my heart a belt.
Hid myself to keep the peace.
My soul is dying.
I’m at a cusp.
Continue to hide.
Or let myself free.
Or let my soul die.
How this will end I cannot forsee.
Come out & show my Pride!
Or die, never being me.

Werewolf of Strife

GrimList2020 Twitter Prompt

My blade is as sharp as a diamond as it slices through sternum of the cadaver.
I open the ribs & pull out the heart.
My mouth waters.
Fresh may be best.
Fresh also gets a silver bullet through MY chest.
I get my hearts.
I live my life.
The Werewolf of Strife.

Last Flower

VSS365 Twitter Prompt

I place the flower upon the grave.
A tear ran down my cheek.
It was the only break in this mask.
My heart was destroyed.
My soul was darkened.
I lost my lifeline.
I lost my soulmate.
It was ironic the sun was shining bright.
When I lost you on a cold & rainy night.

Warrior

VSSMurder Twitter Prompt

I watched the lifeless body burn.
There was a satisfaction to the sight.
I had been trained for this.
To be a warrior.
I never felt the knife enter the base of my skull.
Murdered by the woman I left for dead.
I was looking St. Peter in the eye before I knew I was dead.

Lonely Stories

2WordPrompt Twitter

They tell their stories.
Someone stops & listens they light up.
How lonely they must be.
A lifetime of stories.
Lost on the young minds they tell.
A lifetime of hopes, dreams, loves, & loss.
Stories that make their life; told to strangers.
How lonely they must be.

Sealed With A Kiss

Twitter Prompt VSS365 & GrimList2020

I drew the sigil upon the once hallowed ground; long since been burned black by sin.
It sat upon a crossroads.
I knew the cost.
The demon came.
A life for a life.
A soul for a soul.
I made my deal.

Sealed w/ a kiss.
My body now rots upon this damned ground…
Forevermore.

Ableism

Twitter BraveWrite Prompt

What does it say about the world’s ableism, when a person chooses to hide their illness?
They hide it to appear normal.
Lie about feeling well, when they are being pumped full of poison to combat a deadly disease.
Those who can’t hide their disability, shunned & to be avoided.
We need to fight ableism before it is to late.
For if we don’t, we may miss out on the world’s greatest beings.