Zack O'Shea - 'not a mimic' - Horror/TTRPG Author
@zacharyoshea
Storyteller, lover of horror, peacemaker. Home of Just Another Mimic Monday. Wish it was Sunday, that's my fun day, means I get to play day. www.zacharyoshea.com
A taphophile is a person who has a passionate interest in cemeteries, funerals, and gravestones. The Taphophile Poems every Friday spin from common epitaphs. Free on Substack substack.com/@zacharywoshea…
Unnatural Disasters Six rooms past the motel ice machine, Fungal stains spread prophecy. Burnt offerings fill the TV screen. Here ends dreadful odyssey. Read the rest on Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/unnatural-... #poem #poetry #cosmichorror #horror #darkpoetry
The Hourglass Empty They say she stared at a clock, Instead of her mother’s face. Gave the nurses quite the shock— Newborn girl keeping pace. Read the rest on Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/the-hourgl... #poem #poetry #horror #cosmichorror #darkpoetry
Children of the Broken Home Ten acres deep into scrub and sand, As hot as the Promised Land, Festers a crumpled house of the damned- Walls toppled by Satan's hand. Read the Rest at Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/children-o... #poem #poetry #horror #westerngothic #darkcountry
Molted Transubstantiation During rattlesnake migration, Damnation’s the reward. Out here in the desolation, Creation comes unmoored. Read the rest at Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/molted-tra... #poetry #poem #horror #cosmichorror #westerngothic
A Soul Unquiet He was a laconic man in life, Silent in all the ways that mattered— In death, his stoic nature shattered. Read the rest on Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/a-soul-unq... #poem #poetry #horror #ghost #ghoststory
Carcinoma Kingdom Surfacing from sunburst sagebrush, With crowns of eldritch black, And robes of earthen slack. Circling their hunter in a hush. Setting upon the snake in a rush. Read the Rest at Substack (Free): zoshea.substack.com/p/carcinoma-... #poetry #cosmichorror #darkcountry #westerngothic
Forever in Our Hearts His wife claimed he was a gentle man, Doting across their marriage’s span— She worried she might perish from grief. Read the rest at Substack (free): zoshea.substack.com/p/forever-in... #poem #poetry #horror #cosmichorror
False Sovereigns Augustine cobwebs cling, To desolate bird’s nests, Sheltering bones that sing. Read for Free on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #westerngothic #darkpoetry #cosmichorror
It starts with an itch under the skin. It blossoms into relentless carnage. It ends with those who walk the boundary of life & death. Psychopomps amazon.com/dp/B0CW1FVJ1R/ #horror
Until Reveille Sentenced to death by a draft card, Yet held duty in high regard— When first tour lapsed, reenlisted. Read the rest on Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poety #darkpoetry #horror
Horse Girl Warm rain strafes August-baked terrain. Willie chokes on his blood. This land, no longer his domain. Black hooves stir ruddy mud. Read the rest at Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #darkcountry #westerngothic #horror
Working on Crimson Threads 4, Death Masks. At the final read through before its off to the editor. At that point if wondering if it's all worth it but knowing I won't stop.
At Rest Betty’s house was a museum, All the years of her life. She hated all effluvium, Loved being a housewife. Read the rest at Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #horror
Three genres All #horror All #darkfantasy Grease Paint - #slasher Psychopomps- #medicalhorror #ghost Bone Orchard - #weirdwest #Cannibal Alk bound by the same Crimson Threads Amazon.com/dp/B0BQHBXKSN
Gluttons for Love Mammon's scion pulled up a stool, Ordered a cheap longneck. Then, settled back and watched a fool, Waste their weekly paycheck. Read the rest at Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #gothicwestern #horror
Dearly Departed George fell onto the brand-new rails, When a train first came through. The townsfolk gathered his entrails, And gave him a grave with a view. Read the rest at Substack (free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #westerngothic #horror #darkpoetry
Strixly Speaking Yellowed hay bales squat in the field, These moldering megaliths. Where Stolas' kingdom is concealed, Brewing fiendish mephitis. Read the rest at Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkcountry #darkpoetry #westerngothic #horror
Sleep in Peace Sleepwalking through life, she envied the dead, And dreamt what marvels corpses dreamt Each night, she craved a grave to rest her head, And faced wakefulness with contempt. Read the rest at Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #cosmichorror
The Crown of Corroded Thorns Rusting barbs and dry-rotted wood, Don’t hold nothing but dead dreams. Fields don’t stay fallow like they should, Givin’ crops of bones and screams. Read the rest at Substack (Free) open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #horror #westerngothic
Beloved by the Sea What waves claim they never return, The father whispered mournfully. Still, he watched the wine-dark sea churn, Muttering at God scornfully. Read the rest on Substack (free) open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #horror #cosmichorror #darkpoetry
Fateful Freight Emaciated flowers cling, About the roadside cross, Adorned with grief and dross. Mere feet away, speeding cars sing, Heedless of the sudden deaths they bring. Read the rest on Substack (Free): open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #horror #darkcountry #westerngothic
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A Life Well Lived There was an old woman who lived A life most might find envious. With her charms, many she revived, From death back into sentience. Read the rest on Substack (Free) open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #horror #poem #poetry #darkcountry #westerngothic #darkpoetry
The Lady of the Pit Gravel roads service water that should never be, Crunching beneath my steady tread like brittle bone. These coiling strips of stagnant tears and rampant weeds, Read the rest on Substack (free) open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p... #poem #poetry #darkcountry #horror
Always Remembered In death, he smiled as in life, Annoying to the bloody end. Oh, how eagerly sliced the knife I executed my ‘old friend’ Read the rest on Substack (free) open.substack.com/pub/zoshea/p...