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Poet of Chilling Shivers

Spine-chillers & sci-fi horror.

Step into the shadowed world of Poet of Chilling Shivers, where portraits change after dark, a house watches through its own cameras and a teddy bear cuddles a little too closely. From a night of failing light to a haunted mansion and a toy gone wrong, these twenty-two tales in verse are made for late hours and steady nerves. Read them with a light on, and keep one eye on the door.

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Preview edition. Poet of Chilling Shivers is still in progress. 3 of its 22 poems are the author's own, as read on the channel; the other 19 are drafts written in the author's style, marked Draft, and waiting for the author's review. The introduction and the 3-in-1 commentary are working drafts that are still being edited.

Introduction

Fear is more than a scream in the dark

Fear is more than a scream in the dark. It is a portrait that looks different at night, a screen that shows what you cannot reach, and a toy that is a little too perfect. In the stillness, fear waits for the lights to go out.

Poet of Chilling Shivers gathers twenty-two tales from that dark. Some creep in on quiet feet, while others race like a heartbeat down a corridor, from a lift that stops at a missing floor to a well that answers back. Each one is a journey: some end in relief, and some end in a question left hanging in the dark.

Through these pages, keep a light close. Read slowly, and remember that every shiver is only a story, until the lights go out. Enjoy!

Contents

22 poems

One Fright Night

My tale of one night when fright came right past eight won't make you feel alright. Fright…

A Haunting Game: Tale of Shadows and Seek

On midnight's watch, I faced the screens Where silence whispered in haunted scenes A mansion…

Cuddliest

The biggest toy store did it again with their newest invention An advanced remake of a powered…

Draft

The Lift to Floor Thirteen

The office building has no thirteenth floor, the buttons all agree, Yet the lift stopped there…

Draft

Static on Channel Nine

The old television flickered in the corner of the den, Though I had pulled the plug that night…

Draft

The Mirror Man's Return

There was a man inside my mirror who copied all I did, He brushed his teeth, he combed his hair…

Draft

Last Bus to Nowhere

The last bus of the evening crept along the fog-bound road, With a driver who was silent and a…

Draft

The Lighthouse Keeper's Shadow

On a rock beyond the harbour where the winter breakers crash, A keeper climbed the tower stairs…

Draft

Whispers in the Vent

The new apartment had a vent above the bedroom door, That breathed a tiny whisper when the night…

Draft

The Graveyard Shift

I took the night job at the yard where the old cemetery lay, To guard the gates and lock the…

Draft

The Doll That Blinked

In the attic of my grandmother's house, beneath a linen sheet, Sat a porcelain doll with painted…

Draft

Signal from Kepler

The telescope was pointed at a planet named Kepler, far, When the speakers crackled sudden with…

Draft

Cold Room, Ward Nine

They wheeled me to Ward Nine one night when the corridors were dim, And the nurse who signed my…

Draft

The Scarecrow Walks

In the middle of the cornfield where the harvest sways and sighs, Stands a scarecrow in a…

Draft

Dead Battery

My phone went dead at midnight on a deserted country lane, With the car stalled in the shadow of…

Draft

Under the Bed

Every child knows what waits beneath the bed when the lamplight fades, But the grown-ups never…

Draft

The Last Message

The voicemail arrived at midnight from a number I did not know, And the voice on the recording…

Draft

Black Ice Road

The road out of the valley in winter turns to glass, And the locals stay indoors at night and…

Draft

The Basement Door

There is a door beneath the stairs where the cellar steps descend, And it's always locked from…

Draft

The Clone at the Party

At my cousin's garden party, I noticed someone new, In a jacket just like mine, with a smile I…

Draft

Silence on Station Ceres

Station Ceres hung in orbit, a silver thread of light, With a crew of six who lived and worked…

Draft

The Well Answers Back

At the edge of my grandfather's farm there is a well of stone, Where the moss grows thick and…