Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

  • Sticky Treats

    Breathless outside the store, she pushes her way through a group of dithering fuddy-duddies. They tut and mutter but a flash of the evols is enough to send them on their way. Opening the door, she marches over to the counter waving a note at the man serving. He looks bewildered. I want all of… Read more

  • The Stars That Lie Beyond

    As she ducks and dives around the deadheads on the sidewalk, X leaves them for dust. It’s getting busy, and the rising sun’s making her dress stick to her skin. What she wouldn’t give for a cold shower, but for now, donuts are more important. Scratching her skin slipping between two women too big for… Read more

  • Strike a Match-Basilike Pappa

    Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective: Some are atheist to thorns / star-crossed / easy pure hope / hurl quotes at you / colorful futures / white-bearded universe / prophets without a clue / no fishnet can hold the sea Gods / distant spies / needle makers / cracked open jaws / highway wolves /… Read more

  • EMILY

    Originally posted on samantha lucero: i was once obscure like food stains under skirts or a film of oil on a flowers tongue but i grew to be a bigger blemish like a birthmark on gods face until i had to hide away so no one saw death had come on many occasions and i,… Read more

  • X Sways

    Like a pinball, she bounces from one market stall to the next. Like a girl in love with the world, she drinks the sunshine through a paper straw. With each passing minute, the town stirs to life. There are children on their school holidays darting around their parent’s feet causing mischief, and dogs on leads… Read more

  • Shiny Things

    Down that winding road, she walks with her eyes closed, guided by her senses and the distant scent of fresh fruit and coffee that’s as black as a moonless night. Sticking her nose in the air, it twitches and she sneezes. She glides like a feather in the breeze. Like a kite being flown by… Read more

  • The Lambs Awaken-David Lohrey

    Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective: It was time. Every confession, a taunt, an effort to denigrate, if not herself, then me. Old age invites humiliation but being disgusting is a choice. It’s a fashion statement; it’s a great way to get back at a snotty son, prove him wrong. ? He doesn’t come from… Read more

  • Her Soft Spot

    Lying there with her eyes closed, she lifts her skirt higher and higher, and although the asphalt burns the skin of her buttocks, she can’t help but give in to temptation. Baring those pearly whites, she tastes electricity, and as she flickers in and out of existence, the watchful eyes of the animals widen in… Read more

  • Dee- Kristiana Reed

    Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective: An old friend visited tonight. They said they’d never really left. They were here to stay a while but this time I wasn’t allowed to lock them in a room and lose the key (or bury or throw it from the top window), or they would sue me; which… Read more

  • Dirty Stick

    Walking in the middle of the road, she sticks her forefinger in her mouth before taking it out and holding it in the air. She saw someone do it on TV once. Something to do with telling which way the wind’s blowing. Town’s still many miles away and she hasn’t seen another living soul since… Read more