Vile – Chapter 3 – Nightmare

What had felt an eternity passed since the two of them had rescued her, a buxom young woman with golden hair they had come to address as Sunflower, and in all that time she had not spoken so much as a single word to either of them. The fiery haired Lily had a seemingly endless … Read more

The Mummy_(1)

“Death doesn’t exist. It never did.. Everything that happens before Death is what counts.” -Ray Bradbury, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” *** It was late, and everyone else had gone home. There was no one to keep Sharon company. No one but the dead. Sometimes, when she was alone in the museum like this, she … Read more

Possession: Christmas Vengeance – Chapter 5 – A Broken Ornament – edited

Chapter 5 – A Broken Ornament I glance over at the window next to the bed. Street lights outside give just enough illumination to the night. It started snowing. We’re getting a nice white Christmas. I crawl to the edge of the bed, resting for a moment, enjoying the dimly lit bedroom. The warmth that … Read more

Creepy Crawlers

Crawling Creeps Four college students. Ones always looking for a bigger picture are easy to manipulate. A single incantation from a page, from one who studies ancient text. From the mouth of a student of the world who believes in anything and all, they see as truth in their own minds. A trigger of incompetence … Read more

The Last Halloween

“I don’t know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids” -Robert Brault *** Somewhere in one of the darker corners of the world, a witch and a ghoul stood at the entrance of a cemetery at midnight, and both of them were afraid. They weren’t afraid … Read more

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapters 7 & 8

CHAPTER SEVEN 2ND SUNDAY “Daddy, daddy. Wake up” Mike feels a weight on his chest and sleepily tries to get an exuberant daughter to ease up her jumping on his torso. “I’m awake, Jan. What’s all this excitement about?” “Come on for breakfast.” “Did your mother send you up here to get me up?” “Mommy … Read more

The Werewolf

Jess-Belle opened the door, something she’d never dared do on a night like this. It was easier than she expected, but a knot of fear still drew tight in her stomach. The little clock on the mantle chimed midnight. Moonlight filtered through the stirring pines. It a nice night, but no one in their right … Read more

The Summoning

Two months I’ve been following her now, watching her every move, studying and learning, she wakes up at 5am, showers, gets dressed feeds her cats, has breakfast and heads to work, she arrives at work at around half 6 and works until 6 in the evening, she leaves work and drives home to have dinner, … Read more

The Vampire of Prague

“The end of the enchantment was come and the Princess awoke, and she said: ‘Is it you, my Prince? You have waited a long while…’” -Charles Perrault, “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” *** She was born on the banks of the Vltava, in the days when there were no bridges, in the shadow of … Read more

Damien Skylar chapter 3

Chapter 3 *Part 7* “So this is how you deal with break up’s Shell? Killing things?” I say mockingly as I pull my dagger out of the last of the Daemons we were tracking, brushing the blood off onto my jeans. The reason we kill Daemon’s is because they consume human’s souls. Innocent human souls, … Read more

Butterfly Love – A Halloween Story

Roger Winslow stopped his car at the massive iron gates and stood fumbling with a ring of keys, searching for the one that would give them entrance. His secretary, Marcie, sat waiting patiently in the car. Beyond the gates, the Wentworth mansion looked exactly like you would expect a mad scientist’s lair to look in … Read more

paperweight

“You would be pretty if those teeth weren’t so fucking huge.” it was true. She had an okay face, big brown eyes with too much mascara. light brown skin, long mexican hair with those ugly fake streaks in them, pear shaped body with a little acne.. she was attractive enough to fuck, and ugly enough … Read more