write&forth
BY AARON DAWBOT
Tag: creative writing
The Lash Before the Scolding Whip (Horror Flash Fiction)
Reading time: 5 min 1 sec I run and cling to any root. The slurps of hot, dusty air felt like daggers battering the back of my parched throat. The incline was higher than we thought. I look back to see my mother crawling…
Sweet Is The Night
He wandered back to his condo, holding his jingling bundle of keys with a veiny grip. He struggled to puncture the key hole with his brass instrument. A wedge of light cut through the dust rife darkness that coated his blue navy furniture floating…
What I Want is what I’ll never get..
Talking about hot cups of tea, this one blanched the rough of my tongue, what a nice gesture from the waiter. The wicked green brew kept plopping with a wedge of lemon. But what annoyed me the most was the gnashing prickle of her…
A Man and His Way.
Reading time: 2 min 48 sec. “Let me fill that up for you, ” said the happy face behind the bar, tilting the warped bottle into the huddled man’s glass. Each drop of bitter, tangy sweet. Dipping and swirling with small bubbles forming around…
A Man Of Too Many Names.
Haunted by the ongoing blizzard that sucked all remaining heat from the leaf strewn ground of Bucharest. I fight the blowing wrathes of winter. Barely avoiding their snatching mouths on my bare hands. I pushed through the heavy door guarded with a spiked iron…
My Old Self
I swirl my stubby espresso cup and draw the first sip. It is wonderous how the first sip of coffee promises a tantalizing sensation, only to rob you of that expectation just after you pass that bitter lush foam. Then it’s just coffee. I…
