Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

Anxiety

  • Tiny Animal

    As dust particles dance around their jaded heads, Paul McCartney sings about something, and as his words float through the room, she holds onto him as if fearful he might float off too. To her relief, he remains grounded, but that doesn’t deter her from clinging on with all she has. Pulling her knees up… Read more

  • Not Alone

    She cried softly at first, and then she cried hard. She wasn’t even sure why, but the more she told herself not to the more the tears came one after the other until there was no controlling them at all. As she rested her head against his bare chest, he kissed the back of her… Read more

  • The Shining.- S.K. Nicholas

    Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective: The soothing sounds of the waters of her womb and the sight of fresh snow to ease the dull pain of a hangover not unlike so many that have gone before. Stovington blues and a horseshoe nebula just below her bellybutton. Below. The great below. Like the guy from… Read more

  • Two Lovers

    Sitting cross-legged eating her breakfast, she bites into her marmalade-covered toast making all manner of strange noises, and when she dips the crusts into her baked beans, the light coming through the window catches her eyes in the most delicate of ways. Reaching over and flicking away the crumbs from the corners of her mouth,… Read more

  • Now Available!

    My latest book, A Journal for Damned Lovers Volume 3, is now available to purchase from Amazon! Here’s the blurb from the back cover- “This third and final volume of A Journal for Damned Lovers is a collection of prose continuing the footsteps of a fledgling writer. From tender glimpses of lovers against the world… Read more

  • Breakfast

    There on the bed, she sings Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds as if the words were written just for her. With her eyes shut tight, she sways her arms and reaches to the ceiling seeing things that aren’t really there. Well, not there to others but there to her. There are animals dancing at… Read more

  • Sticky and Sweet and Dirty

    As she wiggles her toes while chattering her teeth, he collapses on top of her with his kisses and words, words that seem to make no sense but there’s meaning behind them she’s sure, and so she wraps her arms around him holding him tight. The sweat and scent of their bodies mix to make… Read more

  • Brains Turned to Mush

    Cold sunlight pours through the window pinching each and every one of her toes. Stretching and groaning, she rolls onto her side looking out onto the world finding a bright blue sky, and yet the leaves on the trees are falling, and there are no birds in sight. Not a single one. They’re too cold,… Read more

  • Not Yet Morning

    Breathing in warm, dusty air, X wakes in darkness to find herself buried beneath a mixture of duvet and the limbs of her sleeping man. He’s got an arm wrapped around her waist as well as his left leg, while between her own she can feel a little of his seed trickle out before dripping… Read more

  • Something Without a Name

    With the stars shining so bright, we trembled from the cold but kissed regardless, and as our animal spirits played their games somewhere above, so the connection was made. It’s hard for me to say if I realised it at the time, but looking back, it was in that kiss that everything changed. In the… Read more