Ever stop and look at the world?Or do you just keep moving forward?Cause one day your young and then your notBlink too much and it’ll be spentEighteen to thirty in a minute Life is shortSo open your armsTime is fleetingEnjoy your living Ever forget the age you are?Or have you micromanaged this far?Cause thats justContinue reading “Little Time”
Author Archives: Simon A Jackson - Writer
Celestial Annihilation
Wednesday story day. Hi everyone! Back again with another short story. Though this is less a story and more the unfolding of an event. It’s a shorter story (about 4100 words) but I think it turned out well. It’s something I wanted to do for a while, but it took me a bit to workContinue reading “Celestial Annihilation”
Utopia
Crossing the great stretch of seaTo the place I always want to beMeadows of green and waters so pureWhere land is never in decayA garden of Eden filled with lifeSongs of hope do resonateCanvas of perfection that does thriveA place where only sun does shineViolence and storms are a mythIts a realm of brillianceWith pearlyContinue reading “Utopia”
Beast Within
The beast under the stairsThe rage you feel that takes you thereYou swore, to have destroyed itBut that was just another lieWhile thinking, you’d avoid itThough reality knew better there The beast under the stairsThe rage you feel that takes you thereWith a catch within your throatAnother name of someone you did chokeAs the hate,Continue reading “Beast Within”
Violence
Blood for bloodFire for fireWhat about your desire?Hate for hatePain for painHere we go againSpite for spitewar for moreThis is all you adoreDeath for deathFear for fearIs all you have brought here
Ill-Gotten Gains
Here it is everyone, my newest short story. It’s a little under 11000 words. Enjoy! Karim has already stepped off the sky shuttle, which is what passes for a taxi on Orion IV, that has ferried him from the planets main port, Marrec Port, where his starship, Eternal Veil, is docked. He is headed forContinue reading “Ill-Gotten Gains”
Blurb: Ill-Gotten Gains
Hi everybody! Blurbs are back! Well at least for this week anyway. Took me a while to outline this one and it did get a full revision before I started writing it but its done now. The full short story will be posted tomorrow as normal. But here is the blurb. Hope you like it!Continue reading “Blurb: Ill-Gotten Gains”
Arachnid
Creeping, crawling, are they calling?As they weave from up aboveWatching without an ounce of loveFashioning reams of silk to throwSoon you’ll meet their fangs of woeSilent as the air aroundWill they ever be seen or found?Making home in dark cornersWaiting for prey to cross bordersTrapped within the web of liesUntil the spider collects its prizeCocooningContinue reading “Arachnid”
Deceive
A blank mind in a blank skinThis world is doing me inWith fractured calls and shattered criesWhen will something surprise? Worming through the empty daysI feel the void eating awayEven as the cacophony continues to riseCan we just end this demise? Sleight of hand beneath the noseBut soon you’ll be stealing thoseWhile the bones constantlyContinue reading “Deceive”
The Search
Story day has come round again. This time I’ve got a modern day fiction story for you. No blurb again this week. Didn’t feel that it needed one. It’s another shorter story (at around 5800 words). Hope you enjoy it! Derrick Williams is a middle aged caucasian man who is at this moment speeding downContinue reading “The Search”
Simon A Jackson - Writer 