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Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Flash Fiction – Little Monster

October 15, 2019November 5, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

(815 words) 'Tis the season to be spooky!

Tagged dark comedy, fiction, flash fiction, Halloween, horror, humour, Short Story2 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Haiku – Snowpocalypse

January 23, 2019January 31, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Falls, relentlessly Blows with such condescension Capricious whimsy

Tagged Haiku, poems, poetry, Winter2 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Short Story – 100 Years

December 26, 2018January 23, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

(Based on Grimms' Sleeping Beauty) It had been only a single gasp of air that alerted her to the trouble.

Tagged anxiety, Briar Rose, Brothers Grimm, empowerment, Fairytales, fantasy, feminism, fiction, gothic, macabre, Magic, nostalgia, Re-imagining, romance, Short Story, Sleeping Beauty, Storytelling, Winter7 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Haiku – Snowflake

December 21, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

You are a snowflake Jagged edges, crystalline Furtive in my grip.

Tagged Haiku, love, poems, poetry, WinterLeave a comment
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Publication – The Sirens Call eZine #41

November 1, 2018November 4, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

I've had the privilege of having a poem and a drabble published in The Sirens Call eZine Issue #41 - Halloween Screams and Other Dark Things, available for free download today!

Tagged drabble, flash fiction, Halloween, horror, micro fiction, poems, poetry, publication, Short Story2 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Poem – All Hallows’ Eve

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

‘Twas All Hallows’ Eve, when deep in the house A creature was stirring, just waiting to pounce

Tagged Halloween, poems, poetry2 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

A Halloween Story (I Wrote as a Kid!)

October 31, 2018November 14, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

A dark, but hilarious, story that I wrote as a 10-yr old kid - Trick-or-treating, kidnapping, and a big rescue (kind of...) Happy Halloween!

Tagged 90s, childhood, fiction, Halloween, Halloween stories, humour, nostalgia, Scary stories, Short Story, Storytelling, YA6 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Long Form Haiku – Homecoming

October 26, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

A withered fairy, Dancing in the pale moonlight; Rot and elation.

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Seasonal, Stories and Poems

A Poem for Lenore

October 23, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

This conflict; so wicked To lose, so necessary to love.

Tagged death, Edgar Allen Poe, gothic, Grief, Halloween, literature, love, poems, poetry, The Raven6 Comments
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Jack

October 17, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

The knife was efficient; serrated on both sides. She liked the way it felt in her hand.

Tagged dark comedy, fiction, flash fiction, Halloween, horror, horror story, Short Story2 Comments

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