Mostly because a series of events kept me away. This month has been very stressful. Add to that losing my phone on the highway, somehow finding my phone on the highway, and last minute moving to a new home (so last minute I had no time to pack). Yes, moving. It seems like only yesterdayContinue reading “I’ve been away…”
Author Archives: mr cliff
Slaughterhouse 5
I read this and my one regret is I finished it. It ended. It’s over. Now what? Just continue on as if nothing had happened? Consider my life choices, trying to figure out where I went wrong? I don’t know. There are few books that can do that to me. Why did I even readContinue reading “Slaughterhouse 5”
Duck Moving Van
A while back I entered a writing contest (that I didn’t win, dang it), and each month we were given different challenges to write. One such challenge was to write a 1000-word short surreal comedy in the vein of Monty Python. This got me to the final stage of the competition (Still didn’t win, dangContinue reading “Duck Moving Van”
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
You know how people always say the book is better than the movie? This is another example of that. To be fair, I vaguely remember the movie, having seen it a long time ago. What I do remember was the movie focused more on McMurphy and not on Chief. The book was the other wayContinue reading “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”
Out There Screaming
This book is a compendium of horror short stories designed to leave you in a state of wonder, excitement, and horror. I’ve read a lot of horror stories in my life, most notably Steven King and Clive Barker, and this book rivals them. I’ve mentioned this before in an earlier post, about how it dropsContinue reading “Out There Screaming”
Ode to a Chocolate Ball
Dedicated to my sister Marjorie They lie in wait for my gaze to reach them. They hide in the fridge, silent as the night, until, upon the light of the opened door, they make themselves known. Oh foolish me, to think that I could not look at them and wonder. Yet there is no wonder,Continue reading “Ode to a Chocolate Ball”
What was that?!
-What was that?! -Oh, that? I think it was a demon. -A demon?! -Yeah. -What the…What?! -Yeah, I think it’s following me around. -Following you around?! -Yeah. It’s kinda annoying, right? Buster looked half-confused, half-shocked, and half-scared out of his wits. -Ummm, stay away from me! I sensed an evil aura reach for me fromContinue reading “What was that?!”
A wise man once said…pt 2…
To become a better writer you must read books from authors better than you. So I picked up Jordan Peele’s Out There Screaming. And I feel out of my league. This is a collection of short horror stories written by black authors. Each story is a dive into murky waters that twirl you around blindly.Continue reading “A wise man once said…pt 2…”
Snow
I remember the first snow, and all of the first snows. The way the snowflakes drifted down from the sky like feathers, covering everything with powdery whiteness. The quiet, muffled sounds as I fell backwards into it. Watching the fluff rise as I landed and made that first snow angel. I hate the snow. HavingContinue reading “Snow”
Experiment in description #1
It’s 5:30 am and still dark. It’s winter, technically, so the sun hasn’t risen just yet. I say technically because I live in Florida. The only way you know it’s winter are the cold mornings. By afternoon the weather becomes another day of blistering heat. I stepped out of my home for the walk toContinue reading “Experiment in description #1”
Arid Testimony 