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    • Your poems are very creepy, but this is my favorite of them. You do horror very well.
      Echo | 15Mar13 | More
    • Thank you. Your compliment made me very happy and I'll certainly submit some more.
      Echo | 15Mar13 | More
    • This one grabbed my attention from the get go. Very captivating. It is in the tradition of Poe's ...
      Lucas Cumiford | 30Oct12 | More
    • I really like the creepy ending. Your use of repetitive phrases gives the verses a fluid meter that keeps ...
      Lucas Cumiford | 30Oct12 | More
    • I just happened to be scrolling through the necrology emails today and yours was the first story that captured my ...
      Lucas Cumiford | 30Oct12 | More
    • I look forward to all of your submissions
      Daniel Craig Roche | 29Oct12 | More
    • Daniel, Sorry about my belated response to your nice comment about my story Crow Land. I have been a little ...
      Lucas Cumiford | 26Oct12 | More
    • This is one of the better ones I have read in a while. Ending made me happy.
      Daniel Craig Roche | 24Oct12 | More
    • Very nice. I was rooting for the main character but I still appreciate the shocking conclusion.
      Troy Massie | 18Oct12 | More
    • Wow. Not what I expected from the start. There's a really strong bond between the two characters even ...
      Troy Massie | 18Oct12 | More
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A.J. Huffman

A Petal Plucked from Hell

By A.J. Huffman She waits in the wilting ruins of a crackless garden. For a serpent cold enough to skate her greenest beauty. And lick the venom from the dagger in her palm. No tags for this post.

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When the Last Dance is Done

By A.J. Huffman The clock rings silent. And a lone cloud spreads. Tracing her steps across a broken floor. There is a scream behind the dark. And another angel closes his eyes. They are in death’s hands now. But the music remains. It binds their feet. Together. And softens the cold as the leaden curtain [...]

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Above the Hands of Death

By A.J. Huffman Stuffed. In protective orange, I search for the balance. On the stepped pedestal to the right of death. A baby doll dangles beside me. Broken. The insides are missing. They slipped. With my memory. Through the lasso tied around his wrist. They lay, forgotten now. Among his ashes. And my dust. No [...]

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