Mastodawn

Dark Holme Publishing May 18, 2025

This week didn’t scream.
It whispered.

A final nightmare slipped through the cracks.
A trilogy stirred beneath the covers.
And something answered from the other side of the wall.

Not echoes. Not fiction.
Something colder—something that waited, silently, in the dark.

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Which one followed you into the dark?

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Stephen L. Thompson May 15, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: path
For example: John prided himself on forging his own path. It usually worked out for him, but often left him all alone in the middle of nowhere.

Stephen L. Thompson Apr 24, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: pause
For example:
“Hey boss, I can’t come in to work today. I was up all-night doomscrolling.”
Pause. “You know that’s not a valid reason.”
“Let me finish. I was on the toilet crapping out what felt like half my body weight.”
Longer pause. “You probably should have led with that.”

Stephen L. Thompson Apr 10, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: nightmare
For example:
John dreaded his dreams. Most people wake up, go “Hunh, that was weird,” and go on with their day. But John needed to know what was happening. Whose wake had that been? Why was the only food cupcakes? How did the house change shape so easily? Trying to come up with those answers every day was a living nightmare.

Stephen L. Thompson Apr 3, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: dream
For example:
Helen playfully bumped into John as they walked down the sidewalk. “Don’t you want your dreams to come true?”
With wide eyes, John stopped.
When Helen turned back to look at him he said, “I sometimes dream of your sister, so ….”

Stephen L. Thompson Mar 20, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: immortal
For example: Like most teenagers, Sarah considered herself immortal. In the sense that people – especially young people – generally try to ignore the whole mortality thing for as long as possible. She didn’t know it yet, but for her, it wasn’t just a dream.

Stephen L. Thompson Mar 6, 2024

#MicroFictionChallenge
Write a #MicroFiction story using the following word: writer
For example: Closing the door on war, scandal, and the general doom one experienced living in the Twenty-First Century, the writer opened their notebook to a blank page. Taking a moment to clear their thoughts, they picked up a pen and began.