Gown courtesy of Liana http://lianaspaperdolls.com/
Stepping out
As a betty till past midnight;
You don’t know my secret
Because I want you to be tricked. Continue reading
Halloween Queen
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Dark Places (a movie review)
This movie is based on a book written by Gillian Flynn, who wrote Gone Girl. Similar to the movie, Gone Girl, not everything is what it seems in Dark Places. The movie starts 25 years earlier when the movie’s heroine, Libby Day, is seven years old and runs out of her house late at night to escape the slaughter of her mother and two older sisters. Cut to present when she is older and still traumatized, the now older heroine, played by Charlize Theron, is broke and looking for cash. Since the murders, she had been living off the sympathy cash she’s been receiving from the general public and the now dwindling royalties from the book about her experience. Over the years, the public’s memory and interest fade since there are always new murders of children that catch the public’s attention. Continue reading
Monster Masquerade: A Head
[A prequel to A Head on a Stick]
Jared is always scheming. But, tables are turned. He’s the receiver of a grift gone wrong. This trek to an obscure country for legendary ruins turns out to be a fool’s errand. Dizzy from trudging, he comes across a rectangular stone block with a hole in the middle. Fatigue overwhelms him as he lays flat on the length of it. His eyelids flutter shut at the same time his body is pulled into the hole. The quick forcible tug, which came from below the opening wide enough only for his lean body, popped his head off. Pop goes the weasel. Once always ahead, now he’s just a head.
[Monster Masquerade entry hosted by Fly TrapMan and Poet Rummager]
©2015 Karina Pinella
Monster Masquerade: A Head on a Stick
Fat from feasting on corpuscles and pus, the maggots exit from various orifices of the decaying head. A group crawls out from the ear canal, gummy from their travel through the waxy tunnel. They worm themselves through the tangled strands atop of what formerly held the gray mass that spills out of a gash. Drying blood completes the colorful little world of the legless larvae. Continue reading
A ‘Nuff Said Series: Breaking Brad
Image from Pixabay/Gerd Altmann
Act 1: The Interrogation
“No.”
Act 2: The Confession
“Yes.”
Act 3: The Execution
“No!”
Monster Masquerade: Cry of the Imp
Image from Pixabay/Gianni Crestani
“Mama!”
Mouth wide open,
Teeth razor-sharp,
Tongue forked like a snake
No one claims this child.
“Mama!”
Insistent cries from hell to heaven,
Drowned by the sound of the harp.
The child’s fingers shaped like a rake,
His face pitted and wild.
“Mama!”
No welcome for the heathen,
Ignored as if hidden under a tarp.
He crawls back to Devil’s Lake,
Where he was originally defiled.
[Entry to Monster Masquerade, hosted by Fly TrapMan and Poet Rummager]
©2015 Karina Pinella
Hell by Detour
I took the wrong turn
You came at me from nowhere
Evil temptation
Image: Pixabay/Gerd Altmann
©2015 Karina Pinella
Bavarian Bratwurst with Peas and Eggplant over Mashed Potatoes
Here’s a recipe to top off the month-long celebration of Octoberfest, as we transition over to Halloween (expect more of that theme in the upcoming posts). This is a simple, but tasty and hearty recipe I concocted. Although I usually use ground breakfast sausage for this recipe, I decided to make some changes and they turned out just right. Continue reading
The Stranger by Harlan Coben (a book review)
This story observes suburban life pretty well. It’s about a seemingly happy family whose life gets disrupted after a stranger tells the husband something he didn’t know his wife did two years before. After confronting her about the revelation, the story starts taking different twists. It is suspenseful and engrossing, especially in the middle of the book when things start to become “curiouser and curiouser,” as Alice in Wonderland would say. Continue reading
To Your Health: A Faux “Piña Colada”
For a refreshing, light, and delicious thirst quencher, here’s a healthy mix I came up on my own. Mix ¼ cup of 100% apple juice with ¾ cup of Trader Joe’s Coconut Milk Unsweetened Beverage. Put in as little of apple juice and as much coconut milk as you wish, depending which flavor you want to win out. I happened to have both beverages in my refrigerator and I was thirsty, but I also wanted something a little sweet. Because apple juice, and other juices for that matter, tend to be very sweet, I thought I’d cut the sweetness by putting in unsweetened coconut milk to give it body and additional vitamins.
Give it a try. It tastes a little like Piña Colada. No alcohol required.
Karina Pinella 
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