Silence That’s what you called me… then you slapped the curse across my mouth. The bruises of your violations clung to my body, my mind – they haunted me, made me fall into the void. I became a thing of sickness, a vessel of loathing… Putting a plaster on all the sepsis unhelpful like aContinue reading “We Will Not Be Silenced – Hanlie Robbertse”
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As The World Burns – Georgiann Carlson
men are like matches one scrape away from the next catastrophe women have been putting out their fires for as long as anyone can remember but enough is enough and women finally said let it burn let them see the seeds they’ve planted come to fruition so women stopped saving the world and instead theyContinue reading “As The World Burns – Georgiann Carlson”
Daily Creativity Prompt – As the World Burns
In honor of its 5th anniversary, Indie Blu(e) Publishing and Brave & Reckless are teaming up this November to sponsor a series of 30 daily creativity prompts, comprised of the titles of our 25 published books and four upcoming titles, along with a couple fun phrases to round it out. We think our book titlesContinue reading “Daily Creativity Prompt – As the World Burns”
Crimson Skins – Robert G. Wertzler
Was it a kind of osmosis cultural absorbing leaning to color devils bright red, crimson? Now I see so many red faced and fiery eyed spittle spraying from screaming mouths consumed, roasted like those devils in fire of hate but there is a hell behind the mask of hate a torment of fear and asContinue reading “Crimson Skins – Robert G. Wertzler”
Crimson Skins – Candice L. Daquin
where fire sleeps rounded belly, lidded eyes a surprise, blitzing in post war stockings loss sold by the bale songs of loss sound beautiful underwater where titan lulls his shamrock iris reflective children see ghost horses on waves they say dandelion seeds are less wish than fancy still, one strong blow, scattering hope a dressContinue reading “Crimson Skins – Candice L. Daquin”
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