Change is always so difficult it is a husk you peel and molt, killing the old self in due course, removing old habits by force, revealing the sore skin beneath, aching exoskeletal grief, and then weaving a raw cocoon from the scarred ruin you have hewn as a fresh scab congealing, hard, itchy, burning, till you discard what was bled to render its flesh, a stygian-carapace mesh, and, by picking it, contemplate the old, scar-borne truths which you hate and then you confront what you hide, tucking yourself away, inside all that you rue, resent, and loathe about yourself, that husk you wove to become a pupa of change, awakening to find—so strange— a stranger unfurling your wings to fly free from the former things that defined your self, saving face by discarding face, to erase what had been for what would now be: a murder of myself by me.
Stephen Marshall. Writer, illustrator, layabout. Find him on Amazon, maybe. He has paperback and kindle books listed there. He also writes Supernatural Romance under the name S.C. Foster (because his fiancee pushed him to do so). He seems to have a knack for the Romance genre, much to his chagrin. Having pursued Children's literature he is particularly proud of his Children's novel series "Lost And Found", which begins with "Chloe Among The Clover", continues recently with "Stormy Within The Strawberry Patch" and may, in some future potentiality, culminate with "Candice Through The Picket Fence". These are novels for children (including his insistent nephew), but they are also written for adults who are children at heart. His short story collection, "The Eldritch Diaries", centers primarily upon Cosmic Horror and Body Horror, combining Lovecraft's mythos with the motifs of Sigmund Freud. His largest poetry collection, "Broken Crown Kings", contains over two hundred poems and two short novellas concerning the fleeting nature of the world and Man's place within it. Recently he has published a smaller book of poetry concerning Kentucky, Moonshine, and Ghosts called "Moonshine And Spirit Chasers". A much larger collection, entitled '"Nevermore" 99 Rhymes For $0.99' is also available. For those seeking supernatural and folklore, his collection "Weeping Cherry" is available also.
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Marshall/e/B07536QKD9?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_fkmrnull_1&qid=1554215427&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
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