Author: Adriana Philips
Autumn Leaves
These beautiful corpses Decaying on the grass These once emerald symbols Of seasons now past, The fierce red The frightened yellow The accepting orange ...The Island Flamingo: Chapter 5
My massage lasts for 2 hours, though I’m asleep throughout the treatment. While dreaming, the pink light reappears in front of me. I try ...Pill Dog: Part 1
**********TRIGGER WARNING********** This story is fiction from the author’s mind, but themes contained within are the kidnapping of an adult woman and animal ...Bread of Life
The sugary sweetnessThe bitter yet necessary salt Blending with unique flourIntoxicating yeastFills the air Water combinesMolded by the powerOf unseen handsTo flatten the prideFor ...Pill Dog: Prologue
**********TRIGGER WARNING********** This story is fiction from the author’s mind, but themes contained within are the kidnapping of an adult woman and animal cruelty ...The Island Flamingo: Chapter 4
The sun shining through the window wakes me up. I hear water running in the bathroom, signifying that the supervisor is getting ready for ...The Island Flamingo: Chapter 3
A supervisor joining me on my ‘vacation’ escorts me through the airport. She says she wants to help me relax. More likely, she wants ...Devil’s Candy
A sweets shop’s bells jingle as the young girl enters. The front counter has jars filled with bullseyes and boiled mints. The wall has ...The Island Flamingo: Chapter 2
It was 8 pm when I returned. The last six hours were akin to listening to a ranting relative during Thanksgiving dinner. Instead of ...The Island Flamingo: Chapter 1
I’m not that much of a superstitious person, but I always believe that, in some ways, the universe pranks you. It could range from ...