"The Tale of Noir" is a narrative horror poem that tells of an urban legend originating from me. Urban legends have a certain allure behind them because the mystery and the level of truth they bare can frighten us, especially when the stories are set so close to our own home. Narrative poems, and even songs that tell us stories, also charm us in unique ways because beyond a good hook, a nice beat, and a few other words that get stuck in your memory, there is rhyme and reason. This particular story deals with mad science, a motherless woman, and children being children, and it may have taken place in your very own hometown for all we know...
"A Flower Beyond the Gravestone" is one of a few second-person POV stories in my anthology that is more of a love story with shades of horror and fantasy. Inspired by stories of Greek mythology about people journeying into the underworld via the river Styx, as well as Dante's Inferno and other myths of heroes journeying into the realm of the dead for lost love, revelation and other reasons, I wrote this "instructional guide" to help others find their way. One could choose to obey the instructions to return unscathed or remain in a state in between life and death, forgotten by the world...
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