horror – Mecca-Amirah Jackson

Trapped

December 7, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

a hollow sound resonates now when i brush my knuckles on my bedroom walls. an absent echo floods my ears like bleach. discarded snowflakes flutter to the ground as i claw and scratch. the woman behind the walls screams in terror as I try in vain to free her. she wails like a banshee [...]

horror, Poetry

Rancid and candid even in death,

December 7, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Rancid and candid even in death, fate pushed me in the righteous path– impatient to steal my breath. the rush of wings clouded my mind as I trained my receptors front and center: disastrous desire! a faint whistle tickles my neck, as the fatal quake of rigor mortis, rips away sensibility and dignity. A [...]

horror, Poetry

The Messenger

September 9, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

From the heavens, A messenger springs true. An eager volunteer, the droplet plummets valiantly, a whistle of wind before impact. –splash drip, drop may you never hope to reach the inner depths of my mind. Front and center, A scene of great tragedy and anticipation blinds my eyes. A body coated in rainwater, rivets my [...]

Fantasy, horror, otherworldly

Topaz–Part One

August 25, 2016January 12, 2017by Mecca_AmirahLeave a Comment

Because I am so focused on writing my book, I have put other projects on hold. Sometimes I will find old writings of mine and wish I could find the time to finish. I got struck with inspiration one day and wrote feverishly for hours until this idea came into form. Here is a [...]

horror, otherworldly

She is wicked, wicked, wicked–

May 18, 2016January 13, 2017by Mecca_Amirah2 Comments

She is wicked, wicked, wicked– a crone desperate for the smoothness of youth, a rounded, maiden craving the tang of lust, and a doe-eyed child who cackles alone in the dark. When she emerges from ash wolfbane dripping from her sickle-pale flesh, she will muddle the minds of men, so their shrewish wives will never question, why [...]