Recommended Author: Ty Johnston
Deadman's Tome wouldn't be where it is today without the support of a few key individuals that have contributed time and time again, wonderful stories that combine together to illustrate the image the magazine's current image. Throughout the next few months, we will give proper credit to where it is due, even for those that would consider themselves too humble. I personally wish that these talented authors will soon, if not already, be discovered so that their hard work can reach a level of deserved appreciation. This month we feature the talented author, Ty Johnston.
Ty Johnston is a former newspaper journalist who has turned his love of writing to fiction. He is the author of the epic fantasy novel "City of Rogues," available for the Kindle at Amazon. When not busy reading or writing, Ty enjoys spending time with his wife, their beagle and three house rabbits.
To fully understand the magnitude of this individual's contributions, you would have to set time from your busy schedule and read, not one, but many of these wonderful pieces. (Click here)
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After taking another run through the votes, sorting out the duplicates and blanks, we have the official results for the contest. Comparing the votes from the September, October, and November editions of Deadman's Tome resulted with Jonathan D. Stiffy's "The Cuckoo Clock" being the most widely received, with D. D. Bell's "Armistice Day" as runner-up, and Michael Garza's "The Harvester" in third.
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In order to give our readers a great experience with the magazine, we would need to offer more than just assorted poems and stories. In the past we ran editions that contained various columnists, fan mail, and the occasional review, and these items brought to the reader a connection that we would love to keep alive. Unfortunately for us, some of the past columnists are unavailable, but that leaves us open for you to consider. We would like to hear what you have to say about the world, society, literature, media, and anything else that would be riddled with strong, biased, opinion. The candidates that we are looking for would be the type that are impossible to get along with, but great for entertaining tidbits. We want you to contact us with an email loaded with off-the-wall, in-your-face objections and critiques so that your voice would join our ranks. Contact Us the email address, for those without a integrated email, is Legato10@swbell.net or Dedman@demonictome.com
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Daddy's Little Girl by Christopher L. Knives There was little light. It was the perfect setting for his dark charade, as he was the conductor of a gruesome and sadistic ploy. After violently shaking the family into fractured regiments, the scum of existence landed on his greatest manipulation. It was the daughter of a middle class family that was playing the corporate game. A family that lived for making the big impression, a mother that never stayed home for more than an hour and a dad who might as well remain nameless. This sacred piece of the family was a savored piece, as she was an example of how a woman in a youthful age should never be. She loved herself in way that raped respect, skinning the very meaning of it into a belittled category of meaningless proportions. People used her as she let herself be used. She was more of a contaminated piece of filth that somehow bore a soul. She became one with her disease as it built a feeling of belonging. Unfortunately, the feeling of being alive only lasted as long as her partner.
It was in her plot to go from pleasure to pleasure that gave the beast his reasoning, if there ever was any. Her craving for attention and for respect, created for her, a desire to scum to the bottom of the trough and become a wasted girl that fucked on camera. It wasn’t hard for her to force exploitations upon herself, but it was hard to earn a buck doing it. She didn’t live in Las Angeles, California. She lived in a small Wyoming town, which was the most underground place of places to start. She was doing the work of a porn star and getting paid a hookers wage, if even that. Hundreds of guys would treat her like an open house and wreck whatever orifice she had. They had full control of her and could have done her a favor. Being as helpless as she was, her life was spared for many months and somehow, disease and pregnancy missed her. With the horde of men that she had endured it was a blessing, but the only one(More) |
The Charge by M.R.L A young girl was lain ungarnished across the wide, round oak table, with her extremities spread and pulled tightly by various ropes to prevent any great struggle she might attempt. Her eyes, wild and pleading, were ignored by the small congregation of men and women benched around her. They chattered excitedly as their dining servants filled their cups and cleared their plates and utensils, as this ritual traditionally did not require them. A sharply dressed man entered the room and warmly acknowledged the applauding guests as he made his way to stand at the edge of the table. He smiled and started to mouth a speech in a language that the girl did not understand. She felt sickened every time he laid his dark eyes on her nude outstretched form. The volume of his voice heightened, drawing his speech to a close. The guests applauded again and raised their goblets to a toast. Every one of them then stood and undressed themselves completely. All eyes were on the girl struggling against the restraints that fixed her to the center of that table. Their stares showed a bestiality that caused her to cry out uncontrollably and try to violently wrench herself free. (more) |
Old Mother by D. D. Bell It was early morning in the near deserted police station and officer, Alec Ballack, sat slovenly at his desk reading the Nottingham Evening Post when he should have been working at his backlog – a large mug of sweet tea steamed at his elbow to complete the unfortunate tableau. There was nobody about to check up on him so he did as he pleased; Sergeant Dalton was still out on patrol and Kelvin had his head down in one of the empty cells. Suddenly the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, as if an impulsive draught had come across him. He threw down his newspaper and spun around on his chair to face – there was nobody there for him to see.
“Kelvin.” he shouted out in panic.
He heard rapid footsteps coming up from the corridor and then the young police officer, Kelvin, rushed into the office straightening up his tunic as he went. He rubbed at his bleary eyes. “What’s up? Is Dalton on his way back?” he gasped.
“N… no…” stammered Ballack. “It… It’s happened again… Kelv… it happened again.”
Kelvin let out a groan. “You woke me up to tell me that load of old rubbish… there is nobody else here but me and you… you fat twit.”
“I felt its breath on my neck again.”
Kelvin turned. “Bugger this I’m going.” Before he went he made the shape of a phantom and let out a theatrical groan.
“It not funny, I tell you this place is bloody haunted.”(more) |
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