Onyx City Writing

NYC Midnight

  • Impossible

    You could have saved her. I squint into darkness. Not darkness – shadow. A twisted canopy, tendrils obscuring a glowing door. Flapping echoes above. You could have. I lunge forward. Roots snake, grabbing my wrists and ankles. I rip and tear wildly. Why didn’t you? Vines encircle my throat. The flapping. A voice thunders. “Remember.”…

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  • Horseplay

    I thought I would share my second round entry in the NYC Midnight Scary Story Contest 2026. My prompts were New Year’s Eve, roughhousing, and a klutz . Enjoy! *** A family’s roughhousing on New Year’s Eve echoes a tragedy that unfolded one year before. Is a mother’s answer to her past grief an end…

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  • Through the Air

    This was my first round entry in the NYC Midnight Scary Story Contest 2026. It placed second in Round 1. My prompts were a wedding, a flutist, and floating. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it! *** A plea spoken into the void becomes a refuge in the darkness. A…

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