Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

Fear

  • Symbols and Words A language that goes beyond. That goes deeper. Read more

  • Tender

    She’s curled up on the sofa in her pajamas. Or maybe she’s in the garden, sprawled on a blanket looking up at the sky. Light years and sunshine; comets and the taste of summer. Flies buzzing around her head, the hangover from the night before slowly sweats out of her. Sunday, the day when life and Read more

  • Poem

    clenched fists and stale cigarette smoke the kind that clings to your clothes making you out to be some kind of romantic soul you’ve got all the words and act the part with ease but something in your head keeps you from succeeding it’s the fear of stepping outside of becoming something different driving you Read more

  • Cancer and Ghost Children

    Stirring from sleep, I try to recapture the fragments of her smile, but they’re already fading away as the last streaks of light leave the sky outside. Getting up, my balls begin to ache, as does my throat. Looking out the window, I imagine walking the streets of the town I left behind long ago. Read more