I rolled over still cradling the bed covers between my legs. The night was blisteringly hot with barely any air circulating the room. As I lifted my groggy eyelids a wave of terror slid down my spine from what was laying beside me.

A snake.

Not the kind that hisses and sizes you up for it’s dinner. No, the kind that lures you in with unkept promises of forever and says exactly the right things...

Tires screeched violently across the floor, scratching against the gravel causing a beaten up old car to corner a bend rather sharply. The driver floored the gas pedal, spinning the wheels back in the opposite motion, feeding a flame. The engine roared sending the car gearing forward at an alarming speed. Other cars adorning the road beeped their horns whilst trying to veer out the way of the inco...

I wish I believed him. I wish I took it more seriously when he sat down, fear sparked in his eyes - his usual confidence banished. As he explained the terror he felt, that at every corner and bend the same person was still behind him. How he tried to do a complete loop out of town because who walks alone in perfect circles, aimlessly with no destination in mind? I wish we did something whilst we c...

A forest plunged into darkness.

The glow of the moon radiating ghostly shadows amongst the overgrowth.

Leaves crunching underfoot startles a hunting badger aloof.

The daytime hissing of crickets now silenced.

As a chilling wind whips through the willows.

The sun breaks through the myriad of trees.

Casting a beam of light through its branches.

A flock of birds sit in its palms, ready to sin...