Category: The October Diary

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 17th He is unraveling me. He is pulling my life away like a tugged piece of yarn slowly unwinding a favorite sweater. I just want to cut it off. What if I … Continue reading October 17: Unraveling

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 16th I let Alice out and told her to run away. I had a dream last night that I died and no one found the body for a long time and when … Continue reading October 16: The Cat

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here.  October 15th In my dark teenage years I would make sketches of The Man with the Shadow Voice. I wrote poems about him: There once was a shadow-voiced man Who had the most … Continue reading October 15: Bad Poetry for a Bad Man

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 14th I heard the dark again last night. I may have been asleep. I can't tell anymore. The man with the shadow voice sang me a lullaby. I told him to go … Continue reading October 14: A Visit or a Dream?

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 13th When I started having nightmares I didn’t want to talk about them. When I woke up afraid and my parents would come, I’d only say I had a bad dream. I … Continue reading October 13: An Old Woman’s Words