Laura Lann
Bio
I am an author from deep East Texas with a passion for horror and fantasy, often heavily mixed together. In my spare time, when I am not writing, I draw and paint landscape and fantasy pieces. I now reside in Alaska where adventures await.
Stories (122/0)
Unfinished Work
My writing comes in spurts or spells. It's hardly ever planned or disciplined. I have quick ideas for challenges and prompts, but never find the urgency to put them to paper. No, they aren't what I want to write. Though they aren't confining, my restless hands turn to other stories like shiny objects caught in a crow's beak. I'll play in the poems sometimes. They're quick and easy for me, like fiddling notes out on a guitar. Like sketching lazy shapes with no shadows or details.
By Laura Lann10 months ago in Confessions
River Walks
You never would say goodbye at the end of visits. No, not you. There was always a bony hug and a gentle, "See ya later" in that sing, song cadence you spoke in. Like a story teller. Like someone who had seen a lot of the world and just wanted to spend the rest of his time sitting around a fire, talking. And, goodbye, it was too definite for you. You would see me at the next campfire. At the next game of dominos. The next shared hot meal at Grandma's table. There would always be a next time.
By Laura Lann11 months ago in Humans
The Beast Returns
I'm at the river again. The cool current of brown water rushes over my hands gently as I dip a rusted bucket down into the water. Across the water, the bank is steep and crumbling, the grass growing right up to the edge. The trees dance in the wind and the mountains loom over me.
By Laura Lann11 months ago in Fiction
Loud Voices
At twenty-eight years old, I am faced with the continuation of warnings I was issued in my late teens and early twenties. Warnings of how marriage would be. Life. My career. How my desire for no children would change. Everything really. I got married when I was twenty-four and carried with me wise counseling I had collected from the only two happy couples I knew. It has served me well. And the other words of caution? I left them behind.
By Laura Lann11 months ago in Families
The Thing on the Shore
I dreamed of boat oars dipped in water, of muscles bunching and tensing beneath the sun. There was beaded sweat on my brow and roaring grizzlies on the shore. I dreamed, and searched, and wondered down rushing teal rivers, and heard the churn of water and call of ravens. The sun was bright and eternal, and the mountains crisp and looming.
By Laura Lann12 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - May 2023
The Disease Top Story - May 2023
I sit here sipping my coffee, gazing at the mountains peaking through trees, chewing on a question I keep returning to. I admire bravery, I always have. Surely with the rise of super hero movies, I am to believe that most of society also admires bravery. Though, it looks very different from Batman knocking out criminals in the night. Bravery for most of us, is a subtle choice in a moment that may really only be noticed by ourselves.
By Laura Lann12 months ago in Humans
- Runner-Up in Sensational Challenge