“Let’s open it,” I whisper, to Katie’s delight. The Dollhouse/pauline yates/nightmare Fuel Magazine My latest story, The Dollhouse, is out now and free to read at Nightmare Fuel Magazine, an online magazine based in Meanjin (Brisbane), Queensland Australia. The Dollhouse joins other great reads to the theme “Don’t Let Them In”. Nightmare Fuel Magazine takesContinue reading “New Fiction: The Dollhouse”
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New story: The Taste of You
The first bite is sweet, like when you cornered me in the school library between R for romance and T for thriller, and accused me of stealing your heart. The Taste of You by Pauline Yates/nightmare fuel magazine My latest story is out with Nightmare Fuel Magazine, a short horror meeting the theme ‘Love HasContinue reading “New story: The Taste of You”
New Release: Love Me, Love Me Not
“To my dearest Tommy,Every night I dream of you,And pray you know my love is true,Because it’s hard to be apart,I’ll gift to you my love-struck heart.Be my Valentine.” from ‘Love-STruck’ by Pauline yates Love Me, Love Me Not – a Black Hare Press anthology – a collection of dark drabbles from various authors featuringContinue reading “New Release: Love Me, Love Me Not”
New Story: The Ghost of Christmas Past
The clock ticks too fast toward midnight. And not fast enough. Curled in the recliner in front of the cold fireplace, I chew my nails down to the quick. I’ve sat sentry every Christmas eve for the past five years. I always hope it’s the last, but it never is. The Ghost Of christmas past/paulineContinue reading “New Story: The Ghost of Christmas Past”
New Story: Fallen Angels
I have a new story out today: “Fallen Angels”, a Black Hare Press Dark Moments drabble. This story was written for the monthly theme challenge: Nephilim Read it here: Fallen Angels
New Story Release: The Now Effect
Daniel and I are back sitting at the dining room table. He pops the champagne and fills my glass to the brim, as he did before. I still can’t get my head around this phenomenon. It’s enigmatic enlightenment, but makes me question whether I’ve fully appreciated every other moment in my life… the Now EffectContinue reading “New Story Release: The Now Effect”
30 stories in 30 days with @Writers_Vic #WVFlashFic22
During April, Writers Victoria runs a fun micro-fiction competition. Each day, they release a word prompt, and writers are asked to write a story up to 30 words incorporating the prompt. They choose a daily winner, then an overall winner at the end of the month who receive a free Writers Victoria workshop of theirContinue reading “30 stories in 30 days with @Writers_Vic #WVFlashFic22”
Dark Drabble Roundup
I had lots of fun writing drabbles last month and my effort has been rewarded with not one, but two new publications with Black Hare Press. My first accepted drabble was for the Dark Moments Monthly Challenge: Theme – Zippers. My story, Dressed To Kill, is online now. To read CLICK HERE My second acceptedContinue reading “Dark Drabble Roundup”
Before You Go
Before you go, the box you shoved in my corner contains another piece of you and while I never grow tired of looking at previous pieces of you, it would be nice to chat about which part of your sixty-five years you want to keep, or hide, or forget so I know if it’s aContinue reading “Before You Go”
Pauline Yates 