Tag: life
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SVAB 2: Letter to Lestat
By Emmanuel Williams September 23, 2026 Dearest Lestat, At this point, you’re probably worried about the mortal drug problem. I don’t blame you. I think about it here and there, but only significantly when I’m confronted by someone who can’t handle their dosage. I could see if you took too much Ozempic and you ask…
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Ten: An Excerpt from Anne Rice
[Spring rain. Rain of light that saturated every new leaf of the trees in the street, every square of paving, drift of rain threading light through the empty darkness itself. And the ball in the Palais Royal. The king and queen were there, dancing with the people. Talk in the shadows of intrigue. Who cares?…
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Nine: Letter to Lestat
By Emmanuel Williams September 8, 2026 * Dearest Lestat, You know that I need you. It’s been shit, fuckery, and just a debauchable disaster without you… My vampire, my human, my dawg, my psychotherapist… Dearest Lestat, You know my life, and all I’ve been through, the blood in my heart, that’s kept me from you.…
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Eight: Poetry – An Honorable Drink
By Emmanuel Williams September 11, 2026 * Is there anything else to drink Beside this water, aside this juice Is there anything else to drink Aside my pain, aside these thoughts * Is there ale in these parts A vodka to cure me A whiskey to heal me Some bourbon to fool me * Is…
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Six: Fan Fiction – Yoda’s Log
By Emmanuel Williams September 11, 2026 Some time has it been, since a roll in the hay I have had. But now, much to desire there is… Vast, the swamps of Dagobah are. Loneliness can warp the force, and a wife, I have not. The path before me, I have not seen. Until, Jordan was…
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Vignette: “The Task”
“The Task” By Emmanuel Williams June 26, 2026 * There isn’t a task I wanted to endure least. Here I sit, a half a cup of whiskey left in my worn right hand, and ash growing softly between my other fingers. The truck delivering the mail was already 30 feet gone from the white picket…
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Dead Already
By Emmanuel Williams June 6, 2026 * And I find myself In the middle of the night Playing far better strings Than I ever used to * I find myself On the porch Living the dream I’m afraid she’s not in it * But she isn’t leaving And I’m not bowing out Don’t get me…
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To Earth
* By Emmanuel Williams May 24, 2026 * I don’t believe this. I come in to work and there’s already puke in six cabs. You know who has to clean this up? Me. Every alien in the Surloch system uses these interplanetary roller coasters and they don’t know how mich this socks because none of…
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New Blog Attitude
By Emmanuel Williams April 26, 2026 Introducing the “STICK.” Brand A new banner to fly multiple blogs beneath. Summer is coming. As a student in college this means I better find a way to pass the time that isn’t complete leisure. I’m far more serious-minded and poverty-stricken to cool off in Cancun with the rest…
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Mercenary Mindset Before Senior Year
By Emmanuel Williams I started college with the intention that I would make my writing better. But along the way I have learned many things, and honed many skills. Some I wouldn’t have honed otherwise. In my freshman year I learned of the Journalism major. I was working as an Event Staff Supervisor, and paying…
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Life Between…
By Emmanuel Williams * Purgatory: an in between stage preceding heaven where one is cleansed. When my sister kicked me out of her home in Aurora, CO my instinct was to find my way to the most constantly available shelter area in Denver. The Rescue Mission. There I’ve been staying during the break between Fall…
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Everything Free (Outkast Parody)
By Emmanuel Williams * Ain’t nobody broke as me I want everything free (Everything free free) Don’t you think I’m so thrifty I want everything free (Everything free free) * Sir Thrifty got leopard print and fatty shins Excuse his language Gave a shit back in ‘96 Now he just angry Patty cake and milkshakes…
