A PUFF OF SMOKE

A puff of smoke.

A flicker of light.

Life is sweet.

Life is short.

Gone in a puff of smoke.

Don’t close your eyes.

The candles flicker.

A life is gone.

Only THE DEAD

have the power.

Only THE DEAD

hold the cure.

Only THE DEAD

know who’s next.

THE DEAD GAME

Kindle

http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP

 Nook

http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj

WELCOME

“There she stood in the doorway;

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself

‘This could be heaven or this could be Hell’

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way”

THE DEAD GAME

FLEETING

A puff of smoke.

A flicker of light.

Life is sweet.

It is memorable.

It can be fleeting.

Gone in a puff of smoke.

Don’t close your eyes.

Keep them wide open.

Dangers lurk everywhere.

Poof!

A life is gone.

Is it yours?

Only THE DEAD

have the power.

Only THE DEAD

hold the cure.

Only THE DEAD

know who’s next.

THE DEAD GAME

BURN

Source:boy-so-pale

It lights quick.

It burns fast.

I’m left alone in its wake

with the burnt ashes of my heart.

IN THE DARKNESS

Source:slobbering

Who sits there in the darkness?

No movement in the blackness.

As still as a fox waiting to pounce.

No hint of a ruffle or a flounce.

A soft sigh can be heard in the air.

Are those slithering snakes in her hair?

Shadows float amid the circling dust.

The walls trickle with blood or maybe rust.

The ghostly form stands tall to meet us.

She can be the hostess to greet us.

A deserted house this seems to be.

She hovers over us like a tree.

We stand alone in this bleak hall.

There won’t be dancing at this ball.

The candles flicker and go out.

I want to pull my hair and shout.

Time to leave this creepy place.

We must quicken our slow pace.

But since this is a horror story,

We will not be leaving with glory.

THE DEAD GAME

Kindle

http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP

Nook

http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj

A DARK DESTINY

Source:beckshein

Candles climb the stairs

as sentries of the night.

We’re invited to a party

in a dark, deserted house.

No host to welcome us

as the door opens to candlelight.

Empty rooms greet us

in this dark, candlelit tomb.

The basement door opens

and slams shut behind us.

THE DEAD GAME has begun.

Kindle

http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP

Nook

http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj

FOLLOW THE LIGHTS

Follow the lights to the house of glass.

There will be much splendor in the grass.

Lights in the trees as far as the eye could see.

A more decadent event there could not be.

Champagne will be flowing until the wee hours.

Come with me and dance with the pretty flowers.

This room full of guests gives me a chill.

Maybe we should leave I’ve had my fill.

Eyes are following us in the room.

They will be upon us all too soon.

The guests are not what they appear.

Beneath they are just bones and hair.

THE DEAD GAME
Kindle
http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP
Nook
http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj

THE CANDLES ON THESE WALLS

Source:absinthundblut 

The candles on these walls

throw shadows down the halls.

Shadows that float in the air,

horrors that I cannot bear.

Soft sighs follow in their wake,

my insides begin to quake.

Gargoyles stare at us from above,

I’m thrust forward by a hard shove.

Revolving rooms lead us through a maze.

I follow along, lost in a daze.

I ask, “How do we get out of here?”

My hands covering my face in fear.

Am I standing in a flood?

I look down at all the blood.

It flows from the indoor pool.

As you know I’m not a fool.

I’m out of here as quick as can be.

There’s nothing else I want to see.

THE DEAD GAME by Susanne Leist

http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj

 

WELCOME

Source:beckshein 

WELCOME

Candles climb the stairs.

Sentries of the night.

We’re invited to a party.

Without a host.

More candles line the hallway.

Their lights beckon.

Empty rooms greet our hesitant steps.

An open door leads to darkness.

Stairs leading down.

The door slams behind us.

THE DEAD GAME has begun.

Kindle

http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP

Nook

http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj