Stories by SoundInkMusic, by newest first

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  • Hours as People - P.M.
    "Nice sunburn," says One in the Afternoon, smirking. "How's Noon?"
    There's something indescribably off about him, and I can't
    by SoundInkMusic 2600 words, 7 comments, on Nov 1 2:18 AM
  • Hours as People - A.M.
    "God, it just drives me crazy, you know?" says One in the Morning.
    I nod as if I do, in fact, know.
    by SoundInkMusic 2900 words, 3 comments, on Nov 1 2:08 AM
  • Hoofbeats at Dusk
    Famine came a-knocking
    On the widowed mother's door,
    by SoundInkMusic 400 words, 12 comments, on Oct 4 8:31 PM
  • Letters from Delphi
    A little-known piece of history.
    by SoundInkMusic 700 words, 19 comments, on Sep 18 4:49 PM. In Hmm, Life, Other
  • The Nonsense Hours (A Hex in Stanzas)
    You are not the sort
    To sleep away lifetimes
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 18 comments, on Aug 29 12:09 AM. In Dark, Fantasy, Fiction, First person, Hmm, Other, Poem
  • Last Recording
    [Static.]
    [Female voice, strained. Age approximated at 25 years:]
    by SoundInkMusic 1000 words, 17 comments, on Aug 6 4:26 PM. In Fiction, First person, Life, Science fiction
  • Molecular GPS
    When you told me that you'd vanish, I didn't think literally - but in that instant
    by SoundInkMusic 500 words, 5 comments, on Jul 30 6:57 PM. In Fiction, Humor, Life, Romance, Science fiction
  • The Night Train
    Sleepers marching soundless
    'cross the soft shores of the Dark
    by SoundInkMusic 100 words, 7 comments, on Jul 25 1:58 PM. In Fantasy, Fiction, Other
  • The Graveyard Shift
    "Welcome to Hell" says the sign above the doorframe, spitting bursts of red neon out into the rising dark.
    by SoundInkMusic 800 words, 7 comments, on Jul 13 10:02 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Fiction, Hmm, Other
  • Grammar Tips
    This is not a story, just a collection of some common errors that keep showing up to torment me. Please, avoid them!
    by SoundInkMusic 1400 words, 2 comments, on Jul 10 6:58 PM
  • Fantasy
    Some thoughts on the genre and why it deserves a second chance.
    by SoundInkMusic 600 words, 5 comments, on Jun 9 3:04 PM. In Fantasy, Hmm, Other
  • At Daybreak
    I watch the mountains gorging themselves on the crisp morning air, see the mist creep, creep, creeping in, low and loud beneath the radar,
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 23 comments, on May 6 6:07 PM
  • Magpie Road
    One, two, three, those crooked blackbirds
    Four, five, gathering still more
    by SoundInkMusic 100 words, 9 comments, on Apr 27 10:36 PM. In Dark, Hmm
  • Earning Your Wings
    So, perhaps it was preposterous. That was what almost everyone had said, after all. But she liked the sound of the word. "Preposterous" - it sounded fun. Like something worth being, at any rate - and so, if learning to fly wa
    by SoundInkMusic 500 words, 8 comments, on Apr 21 12:50 PM
  • Mind and Body
    I wish they hadn’t told me.1
    by SoundInkMusic 1500 words, 39 comments, on Apr 21 1:34 AM. In Fiction, Hmm, Life
  • Amongst the Wreckage (Contest Entry)
    Dolven had once been a fairly prosperous city, but that, of course, was before the zombies came.
    by SoundInkMusic 2800 words, 9 comments, on Apr 7 5:26 PM. In Horror, Science fiction
  • Five Albums (Contest Entry)
    Just for the record, I’m listing these in no particular order =)1
    by SoundInkMusic 1000 words, 5 comments, on Apr 3 6:41 PM
  • Just Beyond
    She remembered the end. Feeling strangely cold, and, all of a sudden, small. Feeling, more than anything else, alone. Desolate and silent.
    by SoundInkMusic 500 words, 5 comments, on Apr 3 2:57 AM
  • Echoes
    The imaginaries say that there are things
    That only they can teach me
    by SoundInkMusic 100 words, 5 comments, on Mar 31 1:11 AM
  • A Reason
    If you are hitting bottom, then there is no where else to go but up.
    by SoundInkMusic <100 words, 8 comments, on Mar 28 2:12 AM
  • Jack Frost's Hour
    There is a place that the world goes in winter, and we are not allowed to follow. The warmth and the light and the color go out, and we are
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 2 comments, on Mar 25 3:37 PM. In Life
  • Guests, Unexpected
    It was not a pleasant night to be out. Rain and shafts of lightning filled the dark skies, and if those weren’t enough to drive folk indoor
    by SoundInkMusic 700 words, 4 comments, on Mar 15 1:55 AM. In Fantasy, Fiction
  • The Waiting Ones
    Those noises you always hear at night - perhaps they're only the house creaking. Or perhaps not.
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 10 comments, on Mar 6 4:06 PM
  • Try Bleach
    It's just one of those days.
    by SoundInkMusic 500 words, 9 comments, on Mar 4 6:04 PM
  • A Letter on the Kitchen Counter
    A quick poem about mothers and the things we leave behind.
    by SoundInkMusic 100 words, 5 comments, on Mar 3 7:19 PM
  • Questions of Winter
    He was standing out in the field, amidst the falling, blinding snow.
    I was taking the back way home, a shortcut of sorts, and th
    by SoundInkMusic 1200 words, 30 comments, on Mar 2 2:17 AM. In Fiction, First person, Life
  • Hours
    Scritch
    The sound of
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 12 comments, on Feb 24 5:14 PM
  • Cards, Skulls, and Fortunes
    A dash of fairy tale, a splash of fantasy, and an awful lot of mud.
    by SoundInkMusic 1700 words, 32 comments, on Feb 21 2:40 AM. In Fantasy, Fiction
  • Folly
    Feathers swirling, circling ever
    Higher, higher
    by SoundInkMusic 100 words, 9 comments, on Feb 14 3:54 PM
  • Ode to the Mold on the Baseboard
    Honesty is a virtue, yes?
    (at least, that's what everyone says)
    by SoundInkMusic 400 words, 11 comments, on Feb 13 2:41 PM
  • "The Leavings," or Wednesday's Isn't Much Better
    I came home late from cleaning, and I knew he was already there from the pickup in the drieway and the ash on the doorstep. By the time I w
    by SoundInkMusic 300 words, 8 comments, on Feb 13 2:17 PM
  • A Nod to the Seasons
    It was summer, and in the truest sense. It wasn’t calendar leaves or passing numbers or June 21st that made it so; it was something in the
    by SoundInkMusic 200 words, 4 comments, on Feb 13 1:59 PM
  • On Finding Adventures
    Mr. Edwin Dreyley was in the height of his youth at age twenty-one, happily married, and distinguishing himself nicely at the law office fo
    by SoundInkMusic 1100 words, 9 comments, on Feb 8 5:01 PM. In Fiction
  • The Grind
    Sometimes he wonders why he's here.
    It's not that the gun's too heavy, or the pack too much to shoulder. He's used to them by now. Th
    by SoundInkMusic 400 words, 27 comments, on Feb 8 4:57 PM. In Fiction, Hmm, Life
  • Visitors
    I've been thinking a bit about Pain, and I noticed something.
    Almost everyone spends a good deal of time avoiding Pain. This, I think, is
    by SoundInkMusic 1500 words, 5 comments, on Feb 8 4:54 PM. In Fantasy
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