Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

Creative Writing

  • Days

    those days where you lay in the bath unwilling to do anything hot water easing aching bones sounds drifting in through the window flies and sometimes spiders dust that collects around the sink it’s not sadness, more just a feeling of wanting to be away from everyone else Read more

  • Abstract Daddy

      Perched on the edge of the bed, there’s no line between where I end, and you begin. Only I never end, not really. A dream upon waking that never leaves, there’s no substance to what I am. I’m void of flesh and bone. I’m everything where there should be nothing. A black hole. An… Read more

  • Death Rattle

    Against the cruel. Against the uncaring. Too many evils where only love should be. Majestic and horrifying in equal measure, sometimes the beauty gets so much that you don’t know what to do with yourself. Sometimes, the darkness is inescapable, swallowing all in its path. Such a mess of existence. Such a waste of chance.… Read more

  • Crash

      Cunt cunt. The thrill of fantasy as you straddle me while hissing like a snake. Merging on the freeway, the threat of extinction causes our bodies to swell in neon sunlight. Burning wheels and hostages. Tyres around their necks, and the taste of your mouth as I part the hair that covers your black’d… Read more

  • Six Word Story

    Pistol whipped, and divided by nine  Read more

  • Divinity

      Hallucinating my illness between your thighs, the sky is alive with days of drunken freedom and untold horrors. Buried deep beneath the structures of modern living, the need to breathe sinks heavy in the gut. To be graceful when shadows keep closing in. To cling to love when others try their best to crush… Read more

  • Midnight Sun

      She sleeps in fire, hot coals beneath her feet. The rest use their sex, yet she is a mind that will not bend to the limitations of the flesh. Turn away from the dim crowd, and be like the trees. The body fades fast. Drifting further away each day, those eyes that seek you… Read more

  • Carpathian Ridge

      The broken window, and the rain that splashes through it onto our hands. A lit cigarette that falls to the dirty floorboards. Torn curtains and traces of blood. Fingerprints in dust. As the clock unticks while you brush your hair, I take off my clothes and stand naked before the mirror. The veins in… Read more

  • Cradle of Life

    Awake in the early hours, and laughing in the face of death. Blankets of shadows, so useless against the gaze of fate that comes creeping without delay. Time out of hand as we turn on our sides, we feel it calling. Despite every lover we ever held dear, it always reclaims what it gave. Existence… Read more

  • That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore

    She poses like a star, but she doesn’t shine brightly. Her flame went out long ago, extinguished by the adult world. There’s a million just like her, yet she clings to the belief that she’s one of a kind. All her life, she’s been a mess of self-obsession and glamour. From high school to nightclubs,… Read more