Beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. I should know. It’s why I kept a close eye on you.
If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out. We’ve done that too.
So now you’ll be all eyes on me. Literally. Do you see?
No, of course you don’t.
Not anymore.
Steven Holding wrote this story.
Unlike literature, some obsessions are far from romantic. Insatiable hunger. Unquenchable thirst. Such appetites hurt. A constant needling, waiting to be fixed. That’s what it is to be an addict. Late night, out to score, I bump into someone who’s carrying. Smiling now; my teeth, as sharp as any syringe.
Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. Most recently, his work has appeared in TREMBLING WITH FEAR YEAR FIVE from HorrorTree.com. You can follow his work at www.stevenholding.co.uk.
To ease Alex’s anxiety, many remedies were trialled.
Neither medication nor meditation proved fruitful; still he agonised over his eventual demise.
A doctor displaying a shaded area upon an x-ray changed things. With a finite amount of time, the finishing line was truly in sight.
Strangely, Alex finally felt free.
Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. Most recently, his work has appeared in CTRL ALT DELETE from Black Ink Fiction and DARK MOMENTS YEAR THREE from Black Hare Press. You can follow his work at www.stevenholding.co.uk.
The snip of rusty scissors as they go about their business. A mix of pictures, past and present; snapshots cut up, faces placed upon the floor.
Creating a mosaic. Father, mother, son, daughter. Eyes, smiles, unrecognisable.
As his collage takes shape, he patiently waits for the family to return home.
Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. Most recently, his work has appeared in the collections ONCE UPON A DRABBLE and PESTILENCE from Black Ink Fiction and DARK MOMENTS YEAR THREE from Black Hare Press. You can follow his work at stevenholding.co.uk.