Author: Ergo, the Ogre
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Rattled
She found a Sunoco station with its lights still on and pulled in, but it looked deserted. Against her better judgement she got out of the car and went inside to discover the only sign of life was a small, staticky radio set to a bluegrass station. Something seemed off; the hair stood up on…
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Five of Swords | Niccolo Takes a Dive
“Good morning, you gorgeous creature!” Niccolo gushed as he stared into the pond at his reflection. “A veritable Greek god come to Earth, that’s you!” Niccolo was immensely pleased with himself — so pleased, in fact, that he couldn’t get over it. Whenever he had an opportunity to gaze upon his handsome self, he took…
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The Butterfly
Welcome to Crimson’s Creative Challenge #031! To join in, please click here. Our task is to craft a creative story, poem, response using no more than 150 words. Shelley walked down Hickory Street which led to Carefree Park. She liked to go early so she could think … and remember. It had been six months…
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III The Empress | Girl Power!
Believe it or not, Camille was ‘at that awkward stage’ from about 6th grade through most of 12th grade. It seemed that puberty was purposely avoiding her. As such, her school days were filled with angst and sadness. Her nickname was Snake Hips since she was so thin, but when acne appeared she became Feta…
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V The Hierophant | Uncle Jasper
Uncle Jasper was a curious one. He wasn’t the kind of uncle who celebrated holidays with his family, nor was he the uncle that made you want to crawl onto his lap and expect him to tell you a story. But if you had a question about anything to do with science, logic, physics and…
aka, The Abject Muse 