Louis Rask

I am someone who aspires to growth, above all things. Always seeking to stretch my legs, and explore new aspects of my own writing abilities. No corner of reality is left untouched by the hands of those brave enough to pursue them in prose.

Louis Rask

Swing Low

Louis Rask

1 min read

My neck twitched, coarse fibers nestling against weather hewn skin, as swallowing became increasingly challenging. It was simply too tight. Not that anyone cared.

At least there was a pleasant breeze careening through town, dodging past ramshackle buildings to reach the ragged platform I found myself perched upon. Sunlight beamed down, noontime rays repressing any true reprieve offered in that w...

Drama

Triumph Is A Tragedy All It’s Own

Louis Rask

1 min read

Joy is the death of peace. The swan song of a home’s comfortable melody. Beautiful, grand, and so very telling. I have never been able to rest in the company of joy. The writhing tendrils of its warm embrace coax me from my restful perch within these walls. Fear prepares you, occupies your mind. Melancholy holds you tightly within the arms of so many long lost friends, a bitter touch, sweet in its...

Poetry

Drama

Heartfelt Heresy

Louis Rask

1 min read

The heart is a wicked and deceitful thing. It rages with the thunderous clang of a thousand Hellforged drums beating against the bones of our hollow chests.

It’s newborn cry is one of freedom, it’s fading whisper the promise of escape. It can offer us neither of these things.

In the valley of our desires, and upon the peak of our hopes, it sings to us of the things we shall do. The places we s...

Poetry

Longing

Louis Rask

2 min read

Longing is a funny thing. The yearnings of the heart so often lead us to places that do nothing but torment us. Destinations where we can see the desires of our heart, but never grasp them.

The branch which now creaked gently under my weight was one such destination. The window through which I now gazed, blazing like a beacon through the dark of the night, a frame around my deepest desire.

The...

Horror