John Carney• Show stories

I like to write horror and rhymed, metered poetry which includes the sonnet and the ballad as well as other types of traditional styles of poems that are commonly written today. I have been published in the International Library of Poetry anthologies several times and have won several awards from them in their contests. I am trying to have published a book of poetry which includes my complete output for the past 15 or 20 years.
I also like to write horror stories but have been told that my characterization needs improvement. I like to study other people's styles of writing to see how I can better my own in regards to this and am getting better at it.

  • Last seen on Oct 29 2:06 AM. Member since September 18, 2006.
  • I am a man from California (United States)
  • When I'm not writing, I'm Writer.
  • I have 43 comments, 34 poems, 11 stories

My Stories

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  • The Caretaker
    I leafed through the aged Mesopotamian scrolls, muttering to myself. Too many times the cryptic Xi sign had reappeared in the yellowed reed
    2200 words, 7 comments, October 11, 2007. In Horror
  • Note Written By A Psychotic
    If I could trade this pen and paper for a bottle of Brandy, I’d do it. But when you’re stuck in an asylum, all they give you is juice. Let me tell you something, I’ve about had it with that. So instead of getting wasted, let
    3100 words, October 11, 2007. In Horror
  • The Curse of The Leper
    I begin this tale with some trepidation as the truth of it has caused me much anguish and pain. Yet it shall and must be written for the sa
    1300 words, 1 comment, September 13, 2007. In Horror
  • The Seance
    “You say she wrote up this document at a séance and you wish me to publish it, is that it?” / “If you would be so kind. I need to warn my p
    1500 words, 3 comments, September 13, 2007. In Horror

My Poetry

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  • The Werewolf Sonnets
    Gray shadows sleep between the aethered clouds,
    Like corpses laid before the spinning stars.
    100 words, 3 comments, October 16, 2007. In Weird, Dark
  • Vampire Sonnets X through XVIII
    Vampire Sonnet X
    I will thee rise ere fall of shaded dusk,
    200 words, 6 comments, October 16, 2007. In Dark, Weird
  • Dagon's Altar
    When dread shapes walk unlit streets, / In the shadow-hung hours after dusk; / When a noxious wind blows up from the pounding surf, / And nameless shapes writhe and splash, / Betwixt the black, moonless waves, / The
    <100 words, 1 comment, July 12, 2007. In Weird

My other items

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  • The Werewolf Sonnets at allpoetry
    Gray shadows sleep between the aethered clouds, Like corpses laid before the spinning stars.
  • Vampire Sonnets X through XVIII at allpoetry
    Vampire Sonnet X I will thee rise ere fall of shaded dusk,
  • Dagon's Altar at allpoetry
    When dread shapes walk unlit streets, / In the shadow-hung hours after dusk; / When a noxious wind blows up from the pounding surf, / And nameless shapes writhe and splash, / Betwixt the black, moonless waves, / The

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