Month: October 2021

The deck of the cruise ship was crowded with passengers enjoying the bright morning sun. Everyone wanted to watch as they exited the port, passing under a shiny, silver suspension bridge before turning out to sea. The calm, blue waters were disturbed by a pod of dolphins and shouts of joy from the railings brought the mob crowding to one […]

I felt like shit! No, that would be an improvement. My head was about to explode. YET AGAIN! My throat was dry. It took great willpower not to throw up. I knew I wouldn’t make it to my office. I was close to home so I turned the car towards there. I vaguely remember drawing up on my drive and […]

The first thing you notice is she’s done something with her hair. Her tousled dyed blonde look had been cut shorter to its dark brown roots and there were highlights. Maurie, and her new haircut, had plowed through the Edinburgh airport with the determinations of a seasoned business traveler. While keeping up with the slender FBI agent was a challenge, […]

“Stop!” I bumped into the back of Eric as he did exactly what he shouted. “Did you see that?” he asked as another couple passed us. “What?” “In that room we passed.” “What was I supposed to have seen?” shouting at him over the din of noise that was part of the annual house of horrors.

Cara Rourke flipped her long black hair as she strode with great energy up to the steps of the house. Once a stately suburban home, it now housed a fraternity at the University of Texas at Austin, with jagged Greek letters above the doorway. Loud music pounded inside, reverberating through the glass of the many windows in the red brick […]

I’d found a possum in the woods, she’d been killed by something. In her pouch were babies, all but one of them passed. Holding it close, I fed it what I had with me, a bit of water and some things from my lunch. Snuggling it close in my hands, I laid down and whispered to it, keeping it warm […]

While he’d never admit this outloud to anyone, Connor saw Anna as his ‘work wife’. And to be fair, there was a good reason for this. “Are you shitting me right now?” Anna glared up at him, making full use of her five feet of fury. “Nope.” Connor casually replied, flashing her his best shit-eating grin. “Boy, don’t you play […]

“What are you wearing to Melanie’s party, Genevieve?” came her friend’s voice from the bathroom. Genevieve shrugged. But Natalie was asking a more than fair question. This Melanie in question – she was a real extra girl. Every single party, every single event she put on – it lived up to expectations and more. As a result, guests made a […]

“He is the hundred names of terror, creature you love the least. Picture his name before you and exorcise the beast….” ~ Ian Anderson The thing moved about unseen and unheard, considering all the possibilities that were available in the packed night club. The gender of the victim didn’t really matter, as the creature was neither male nor female and […]

Vicky Hall was always being pranked by her mischievous son, especially on the best day of all for pranks: Halloween. This year as September turned to October, Vicky started making plans for a Halloween prank to pull on her son. The prank would revolve around the two of them spending Halloween night in the allegedly haunted house up on Spyglass […]