Internal Flames

By Cassandra Faye King

Internal Flames is a book of short stories that talks about life from different aspects. Each story in the Internal Flames will take your mind on a journey to help you discover the true meaning of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jan 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781483440620

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Copyright © 2016 Cassandra Faye King.

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4063-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4062-0 (e)

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Contents

Blind

Inflicted

Psyched

Moz’art

Direct deposit

Hexed

Sum Secrets

Poetry of a killer

Out of mind

The execution

People of the sun

My Garden of Eden

Visions

Visible

Numbered

Still born

The truth seeker

Cheating Bastard

A Scorpion’s Sting

Matters of the heart

Angel in the out-feeled

Stir Fry

The opposite side of free

Drowning in a pool of love

The other side of life

Two faces of him

Writer’s Block

Room in heaven

Almost Dead

The survivors

Dedication

In loving memory of my father

Earnest Lee King

December 23,1941 — August 19,2012

Blind

I lived in darkness.

I was waiting to be seen when the receptionist called. She said. Mr. Daye, The doctor will see you now. I walked in the office. And asked. Doc, Will I ever see again? He opened my eyes, shined his light, and said. You have been coming here for quite a while now, but I still can’t seem to figure out why you’re unable to see, Medically there is nothing wrong with your eyes, maybe it’s something else? What are you telling me? I’m saying that your blindness could be caused by some kind of trauma, sometimes it could trick the brain into believing that what you are experiencing is real? Are you calling me crazy? No, I’m just saying that sometimes we tend to not face reality and the body tends to respond according to those actions, I think the trauma you are experiencing can cause you to lose sight. You think trauma caused this? It’s possible. After, I left his office I went home but it was still hard to tell the difference between day and night because to me it was all the same. Each day I lay in bed thinking about how I ended up here, not just blind but alone with no hope of ever seeing again. Some called it a blessing because I survive the wreck but I saw no hope or miracles, only darkness. Not only did I lose my sight but I lost my family as well. Their faces was the last thing I seen before my sight was taken away. I could still hear the sound of my wife’s voice. We were arguing just before she took our child and left. The wreck of my marriage caused me to live in darkness. That was the only way I could keep them here.

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Inflicted

She didn’t want them to know.

It mostly happened when my family came around. Every Sunday I