Category: Genre: Dark Fantasy
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Letters to the Dead
POV: First Person, Publication: /r/NoSleep, Theme: Cats, Theme: Christians & Christianity, Theme: Diaries & Epistolary, Theme: Disability, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Getting Old, Theme: Ghosts & Necromancy, Theme: Gravediggers & Executioners, Theme: Homophobia, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Mental Illness, Theme: Messengers & Postmen, Theme: Obsession, Theme: Priests & Clerics & Devotees, Theme: Scars & Permanent Injuries, Theme: Temples & Places of Worship
A tale from a gravedigger. This is a work of horror fiction in four parts, written to resemble diarised blog posts. Originally published on /r/NoSleep. CW for homophobia, grief, potential mental illness. Part 1 This story has been a long time in the making. I’ve been meaning to write it down for years now, because…
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Letters from Ganymede: Friday 28th July, 1876
Gothic horror. Serial. Ganymede Cavendish, a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Arts, catches the eye of an anonymous benefactor. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter Friday 28th July, 1876 Dear Mr Smith, I wish, you know, that I could save the sound of the rain on the glass roof of the studio here,…
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The Clockmaker
© Johannes Evans 2019 The grind and creak of mismatched gears was palpable on the air. It wasn’t loud, not by any stretch of the word, and yet he heard it very clearly, felt it even. He could almost feel that unpleasant sound, as though it were such an awful utterance that it should reverberate through…
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The Shepherd
© Johannes Evans 2019 “Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight.” It is late. It seems it has been late for a very long time — but then, is time stretched when one is lost? Are not all people lost, at one time or another? And when one is lost, does time pass slower, or has the warm summer…