CHAPTER FIVE The fire crackles, and the dog lies at my feet, his steady breathing filling the silence. I can hear the wind outside, stronger now, rustling the leaves in the trees. The night is creeping in, but it doesn’t feel like darkness anymore. It feels like something else. Something soft, like the closing of … Continue reading #289 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 5
CHAPTER FOUR It’s funny how your body remembers things, even when your mind has long forgotten. Like the way the muscles in my back ache when I chop wood, or how my hands instinctively find the right way to tie a knot. I’ve lived here long enough that some of the motions are as natural … Continue reading #288 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 4
CHAPTER THREE It’s hard to explain how quiet gets under your skin. It’s not that the silence is loud—no, it’s not like that. It’s the way it seeps into your bones, like the cold air when the fire goes out, or the way the sun lingers just a little longer at dusk. Quiet doesn’t ask … Continue reading #287 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 3
CHAPTER TWO I remember the first time I saw a city. Not the big ones, the ones with the steel and glass reaching up like they were trying to grab the sky. No, I’m talking about a town. The kind where everybody knows your name, even if they don’t know anything about you. I was … Continue reading #286 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 2
CHAPTER ONE The dog snores like a freight train.Not the dignified kind either—the slow, rickety sort that sounds like it’s falling apart with every mile. It’s a miracle the beast hasn’t scared off every rabbit, deer, and unlucky squirrel within ten miles. But I let him stay. Truth is, I like the noise. Fills the … Continue reading #285 – The quiet side of nowhere, a novella chapter 1
https://youtu.be/HICOint7NhI Behind You is a short black and white horror film that I shot in Limerick City, Ireland. A man is walking home one night when an eerie figure is seen lurking and stalking him.
Two Wild Uncles Smiling to the Beat A Short Storyby Ian Kiely Jack looked at the cursed book in his hands and felt grumpy. He walked over to the window and reflected on his cluttered surroundings. He had always loved comfortable Ireland with its inexpensive, immense interior house. It was a place that encouraged his … Continue reading #275- I used AI to create one of the strangest stories I’ve ever read.
I woke up this fine Saturday morning in mid January. The cold wind and rain was battering against the windows the night before but the morning seemed a little less harsh. We lay in bed and chatted the entire morning, played with the dog and scrolled tik tok. Time for breakfast and showers before we … Continue reading #274 – Saturday 14.01.23
A few months ago when a friend of mine was over he got out clash of clans and asked me if I was playing it because he started it again. I remember being obsessed with it back years ago but I ended up deleting it off my phone. I looked it up and logged in … Continue reading #266- I’m obsessed with Clash of Clans again
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