EAP

 by JD DeHart

There’s a screaming face

The real killer is an ape

The pendulum swings

The heart beats loudly

The wall is full of secrets

The house is really crazy

It has mad see-through eyes.

how to disappear completely

by Jarrett Fontaine

 A wooden step creaked under the weight of a large man. It sounded like a staggering walk up the stairs, drunken but deliberate. My heart filled with dread.

One step closer.

His alcohol breath was my kryptonite. I lurked away from my bedroom door. Nine years old, but I felt like a weary soldier. Battle fatigued. I'd been waging wars against my alcoholic father for as long as I could remember. He took it out on mom; he took it out on me. I looked at the starry sky through my bedroom window. Last week my dad had thrown a ten-pound weight at me and broken it. My mom scraped together some money to have it replaced, but inside I still felt shattered.

Intimidation

 by JD DeHart

Tall mammoth

Loud voice

Not much to be seen

Pounding out syllables

Blowing off steam

I turn my head to side

Politely exit

I have no time for displays.