The Infinite Starr

gothic fiction

  • The Mourning Room

    At some point you have all the answers and then those answers disappear quickly leaving an empty space where comfort once lived. Nobody knew exactly why the room was called the Mourning Room. Perhaps because of the black velvet curtains hanging over windows tall enough to belong in a cathedral. Perhaps because of the ancient…

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  • Borrowed Time

    Love never arrived when I was looking for it. It kicked the door open while I was distracted living. The first time, I was too young to understand what it was. The second time ended more like a horror story about a dog whose life was more important than mine, with the perpetrator playing the…

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  • The Man Outside the Schedule

    Alice began to notice that certain things avoided her attention. Not physically.Existentially. Billboards that made sense until she tried to read them. Conversations that flowed until she listened. People whose faces blurred the moment she tried to remember their names. It wasn’t dissociation. It was selection. The world was choosing what could be seen. She…

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  • After the Rabbit Hole

    Alice woke up where she was supposed to be. The room was familiar enough to pass inspection. The walls held their shape. The light came from a window that had always been there. Nothing announced her return. Nothing shimmered. Nothing bowed or laughed or vanished. If this was waking, it was the most convincing version…

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