Author Matthew Heneghan

“I used to spend my nights out in a barroom. Liquor was the only love I’ve ever known. But you rescued me from reachin’ for the bottom. And brought me back from being too far gone…” This is the opening of a favorite song of mine: Tennessee Whiskey. (I’ve enclosed…

This past weekend was a celebratory one for those in the religious sect. For many Christian’s, Friday to Monday marked the rebirth of their Christ. The resurrection. A celebration of life. For me, someone who does not subscribe to any specific ideology of religion, it simply marked another notch in…

If you have read my posts before or follow the blog itself, you may have noticed a recurring theme within my chosen lexicon – macabre. Most of what I write is spookish prose with a dark underbelly. This is not done out of desire nor design. It simply is the…

I saw you again last night. Your face boasted a mischievous grin, the kind that would slither itself to your lips whenever you were playing a joke on us. I must concede though, last night when you showed up behind me, and tugged on my shirt causing me to spin…

I exited my apartment and began to walk. Oversized flakes of snow fell in bunches all around me. To an eye tainted by trauma, the cascading snow mimicked the appearance of falling ash from an angry sky. Suddenly, even the peaceful freefall of porcelain white snow acted as a transport…

It’s 03:55 in the morning. I have been awake since 02:30. No matter what time I fall asleep over the past few years, my body will always wake at 02:30. Lately it has been for only a few moments before being able to navigate back into a comfortable space atop…

I found myself sitting by the water just now. Around me is a landscape that can only be described as: picturesque. The sun is shining down bringing with it a warmth to an otherwise crisp spring day. The bouncing lake-top alive with a blue hue from the sky above melting…

Last night after settling in, I tucked the blankets closer to my chin and took the last couple of slow, relaxed breaths before drifting off to sleep. My eyes closed, and my mind was at ease. A rarity for a man like me… I felt myself melt into the fabric…

The sun ascended towards the heavens, and nestled quietly in behind a thick veil of grey clouds. Its luminescence dulled to a matted chalk that now saturated the city below. I could hear euphoric sounds of rain gently knocking against my window. The hissing of car tires racing along the…