by TJ Hayes | Feb 12, 2025 | Flash Fiction, Poetry
Red pill or blue? Brother, I chugged down the whole damn bottle, consequences be damned and now my world, my life, my soul exist in some swirling, whirling topsy turvy, state of perpetual purpleness. Is it all some dream, some nightmare? A prison for unruly...
by TJ Hayes | Sep 24, 2024 | Flash Fiction
Vantage Point Perched atop the mountain, he sat, cross-legged and content with his lot in life. It wasn’t the highest peak in the world, not even in the region, yet the feelings of triumph and satisfaction in his heart rivalled those of the conquerors of Everest...
by TJ Hayes | Mar 25, 2024 | Poetry, General
A New Dawn – Poetry A New Dawn by T. J. Hayes https://www.tjhayesbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A-New-Dawn.wav An unexpected chill cuts through meOne late summers nightNo, it can’t be. It’s far too early.Hope still clings to dwindling light. Like a blanket...
by TJ Hayes | Feb 22, 2024 | Exoplanet Explorer, Flash Fiction
Blog Entry 2 – The Exoplanet Explorer Feb 22nd, 2024. I have never been so terrified in my entire life, and I’ve been through a pretty messy divorce. I went back to the forest about an hour ago to check out the light I saw last night and seriously wish I...
by TJ Hayes | Jan 30, 2024 | Poetry, General
The Lesson – Poetry The Lesson by T. J. Hayes https://www.tjhayesbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/The-Lesson.wav See a child that falls and grazes its knees, It cries and wails, frustrated, scared, Lashing out in anger at all it sees, Out of fear, its teeth...