Literature By Me: 1/23/26

Fiction & Poetry for a wondering heart


Fiction Short: If Only I Was Valuable

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(Alan)

I never expected a happy ending for myself.

I never did anything in my life that made me happy.

I wasn’t married and I didn’t have kids.

I was a drunk.

A nobody to society. I guess.

But as I heard the screams next door, I knew…

I knew my moments were running short.

I couldn’t scale off time.

There were no clocks in sight.

I was shocked to see around me.

They had stitched my lips shut.

I should’ve just went home.

I should’ve skipped the bar for once.

Who knows where I would have been then.

This dungeon cell was cold.

I was kept only with my underwear.

I wondered what the woman did in the other room, to be caught.

What was her life before?

Her ongoing screams didn’t tell me nothing.

The men in robes chose her over me.

I wish they would have gotten my ending over with.


Story under my 2nd pen name: Kamari L.


Author’s Notes: Kamari L. will be the pen name I go exclusive with Amazon with. I want to fit in the world of kindle as well. the best benefits for kindle, is to write for the kindle unlimited market — where tons of users already have monthly subscriptions.

This model will allow my work to be completely free to users, and give them instant access to anything I publish — DAY ONE. A market that I have been neglecting for some time now, misunderstanding that there are readers who crave literature…over there as well.


Poetry Pack: This Side Of Your Mind

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I wanna dream about you every night
Otherwise, I don’t wanna be asleep

~ Sakari


You want more rest in my arms
And I’m restless without you
Doesn’t this sound like we’re connected

~ Sakari


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When the candles finally go out
I’ll light some more for you
Different scents and different signals this time

~ Sakari


You’re used to being on the bottom
You’re used to being on all fours
Tonight you’re on top
I believe in you

~ Sakari


You’re upset
Let me make it up to you
You’re conflicted
Let me decide for you
I can make your mind up for you
I can cancel out the extra noise

~ Sakari


I’m not expecting anything
The lights go out when we have the time
They can stay on in the meantime
I’ll sex you to a lit room

~ Sakari


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Keep benching all those guys
In your inbox, baby
Imma do nothing but reward you
When all is said and done

~ Sakari


You’re willing to wait
I’m the one that’s impatient
But you look so impressive
Why do I have to wait

~ Sakari

Your First (Outerlude)
I swear on my heart, I want to be the first of your everything
I want to be the first one to never leave you
The first one to wake up in the morning, searching for you
The first one to notice when you can’t sleep at night
The first one to calm you down with kisses on your chest
The first one to catch your tears in my hand
***
I want to be the first to explore
your imagination

~ Sakari


Empath

My 4-part mini poetry series, Empath, is available now on Amazon. Still under my pen name, Sakari Lacross, this is a wide pen name — so there is no exclusivity.

The book is available now for 99 cents, with 60 pages of content. Poems that continue to grip at different sections of the heart.

Empath

You Aren’t My First Love: I Caused My Brother To Slaughter Her As Well- A Sneak Peek At My Dark Fantasy Series “How Long Is Endless”

A Dark Fantasy Series

INT. JOLYN’S STUDIO APARTMENT — CLOUDED DUSK (CONT’D)

CONNOR: Autumn isn’t a monster. Believe it or not, he doesn’t care for killing our own kind. I’m not so innocent myself.

Jolyn braces herself for what Connor is about to say next.

JOLYN: What are you trying to say, Connor?

CONNOR: My father ordered him to take down the vampires. All the Reborns. He ordered the same to me as well. And for years, I aided my brother in this. Father was worried that being that the Reborns couldn’t control their thirst, seeing as they weren’t born vampires, then they would wipe out humanity. And for a while, it looked to be that my father was right. Villages were being slaughtered left and right. Towns were dangerous to wonder around at night. It was my fault anyway.

Connor doesn’t want to say the next part.

CONNOR: I made the first Reborn. I changed the first human being into a vampire. Something that neither father nor my brother knew was possible. We were all still new to our vampiric curse.

Connor pauses.

CONNOR: Her name was Eramis. We didn’t know what had happened to her. But one night…I lost control. I bit her and believed I drained her. I thought I killed her. I wanted so bad to be done with my own life. I tried everything there was to kill myself. I was the one who discovered that the sunlight couldn’t kill us. But then…she rose. Approximately fourteen hours after I buried her. She changed and took on our characteristics. Father took her in to ease my mind, allowing her to stay in the castle with us. But then…then she started to hunt. And she started to change others. I tried to help her get control of things, and over time…she got a grip. But by then, she had already changed so many mortals, that we were now facing some sort of vampiric epidemic. So father casted an order. He demanded that we eradicated all of the new vampires. The Reborns. We did this. We spent every night killing our kind for hours. It took us less than a month until the vampire legend…became that of a legend. Eramis even assisted us on some hunts. And then…it happened. Father ordered her demise as well. He said that Reborns couldn’t exist. That he didn’t understand them. I couldn’t kill her again.

Jolyn shows concern.

JOLYN: So then Autumn did it.

CONNOR: Not right away. I took her and ran far with her. Regions. It took six months for my brother to catch up with us. But…when he finally did…

Tears of blood begin to roll out of Connor’s eyes.

JOLYN: Ok, we don’t have to talk about it anymore.

CONNOR: I stood there, Jolyn. I stood there. I froze up while he slaughtered my lover, right in front of me.

The extinction of vampires, known as Reborns, was a promise. Sent to be Death Dealers of their own kind, Connor and his elder brother Autumn, slaughter those who carry the less fortunate blood of vampires. Being Immortals — vampires with a pureblood lineage, they’ve been able to achieve this with ease. That is until Connor falls in love with a Reborn, turning the brothers against one another, as the elder brother wants to see their mission through, while the younger brother…wants to follow the guidance of his soul.

The first book is out now — free to all, with your choice of platform. A quick episodic read, with the next episode already in preparation for release two weeks from now. Grab your free copy below…

Available now at your favorite digital store!

How Long Is Endless: Volume 1 by Sakari Lacross

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