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The Cemetery Wraith

July 15, 2010
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by K. A. Opperman A spectre swims amid the mist, In midnight hours starlight-kissed– Glides restlessly among the graves That lie along long untrod ways, Amid the swirling autumn leaves In the ancient cemetery. In mausolean neighborhoods Encroached on by the haunting woods, The wraith dwells on the epitaphs And stokes anew its wretched wrath– [...]

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Hell Sings Along

July 15, 2010
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by Maria Mitchell I’ve travelled the Earth from coast to coast and I have seen the ghosts of an unholy thousand years. I don’t know how, I don’t know why, I didn’t die, But I am alive. – I sing a song And Hell sings along. – Listen to the demons a-whispering on the wind [...]

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The Demon Clock

June 15, 2010
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by K. A. Opperman That pendulum is ever swinging– Swinging swiftly, ever bringing– Bringing, with the small hours’ ringing, Me closer to my doom! The waning hours plague and haunt me, The crooked clock-hands spin and mock me, The demon clock grins down upon me And chimes a hellish tune! – That monstrous medallion is [...]

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Cinderella Redux

May 15, 2010
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by Pamela J. Jessen Cinderella whined – Why is it always me sweeping the hearth? Why do I have to scrub the floors and polish the silver till it shines? Why me? Alone in her garret with only the scrabbling mice for company, she conjured a life built on a smidgen of revenge. – Her [...]

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