Thursday, December 31, 2020
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Saturday, December 19, 2020
New and FREE! THE DELIVERY, a Christmas Horror Short Story
THE DELIVERY
A Christmas Horror Short Story
by Linda Mooney writing as Gail Smith
Word Count: 2.4K
$0.00 e
Friday, December 18, 2020
Daemon War, Daemon Persuasion Series, Book Four, by S. K. Gregory
Excerpt:
“Why won’t you ever listen!” Taryn screamed. He turned away from Mackenzie, his shoulders set with rage.
Before she knew what she was doing, Mackenzie picked up a heavy plant pot from a nearby table and brought it down on the back of Taryn’s head. His body crumpled to the floor.
Dropping the remains of the plant pot, she stood over him, waiting for him to get up and start screaming at her again. When she saw the blood pool out onto the carpet, that’s when she knew how serious it was.
“Taryn?” She dropped to the floor beside him, reaching out to check for a pulse. Nothing.
“No, this isn’t happening,” she whispered. She turned him over, stifling a scream when she saw his eyes open and staring back at her. “Taryn.”
She shook him, willing him to respond, but he didn’t. He couldn’t.
Oh God, I killed him.
This couldn’t be happening, she didn’t mean to get so mad, she just lost control for a moment.
Sobbing, she rested her head on his chest. Her whole life was over now. Taryn was gone, their life together, their home, their future. She would go to prison for sure and then...She sobbed harder.
“Mackenzie?”
She turned to find Annie standing at the top of the stairs. How did she get in?
“What’s happened? Is he okay?” Annie asked, taking a step toward her.
“No. He’s dead.”
Annie kneeled down beside her, placing a comforting hand on her back. “Oh my poor girl.”
“I need to call the police,” Mackenzie said, wiping her face.
“There’ll be time for that. You need to focus on what is important.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I need you to tell me who you are,” Annie said.
Mackenzie stared at her. “What?”
“You heard me. Tell me who you are.”
Mackenzie shook her head in confusion. “You know who I am, Annie. Are you okay?”
Maybe Annie had hit her head or something.
“I know your name, but I need to know who you are and why you are here.”
Mackenzie got to her feet, eager to put some space between herself and Annie. Annie’s hand shot out and gripped her wrist.
“Answer the question!” she barked.
“Get off me,” Mackenzie said. She pried Annie’s fingers off her wrist and hurried downstairs. She would call the police and maybe a doctor for Annie.
Before she could reach the phone, Annie caught up to her. “You can’t escape me. Answer the damn question.”
Mackenzie whirled to face her. “Enough. I don’t understand your damn question. You know me. My name is Mackenzie. I’m here because I bought a damn house.”
Annie’s face twisted into a snarl. “Not good enough.”
There was a flash and for a moment, the entire room changed. The furniture vanished and she was sitting in a chair with a strange man standing over her. She blinked and she was back in the room.
This isn’t real.
Annie advanced on her.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Death Masks, Author’s New Updated Edition by Kim Richards
by Kim Richards
Listen to a Soundcloud 15 minute Excerpt
Excerpt
It took less than a second for the young man to fall. Impact with the hard ground cut off his yelp. He rolled on his back with wide eyes. His fear, thick and tangible, mingled with the stench of rotted leaves and dust as the syringe’s needle pushed into his skin, taking a moment to pierce the earliest layers of flesh.
Standing back, emotionless brown eyes watched him thrash and struggle to scramble to his feet. The poor bastard looked drunk. It waited, breathing steadily as the jogger’s cries faded and his body fell back among loose sticks, pebbles and crumbling leaves. The predator strode a few steps forward to stand over the man’s shuddering form. It bent low, leaning just enough to peer deep into the wide pale blue eyes of its now-paralyzed victim. Then it grasped the man’s ankles and dragged him into the shadows, among the low foliage, and set to work.
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Kim Richards lives in Northern California where she works for the County Disease Control Covid 19 Task Force as clerical support for testing. She loves to sew, write, garden, and read. She also enjoys crafting to relax and is always looking for new ways to create.
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Monday, December 14, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Monday, December 7, 2020
Now Available as an Audiobook! CODE 30, Paranormal Horror
Paranormal Horror
Word Count: 33.6K
$2.99 e / $9.99 p / $14.95 a
Length: 3 hrs, 33 min
Hear a Sample
My name is Alexis Hembree, and I’m a cop. My partner and I are good at our jobs, except we don’t tend to work what others would call a “normal” beat. For some reason we draw evil to us like flies to sugar.
Sometimes there are things in this world we can’t explain or anticipate. But when they cross that line between their existence and ours, when they show up, we have to deal with them as best we can.
Some cops fight criminals. We fight something that never should have existed.
303 Lexington St.
It was a crack house. Except, in this case, drug dealers went in but they didn’t come out. Not alive, anyway, but in body bags. What’s more, if everyone who went inside ended up being shredded to death, who was doing the killing?
Georgie Porgie
The killer targeted women. Young, old, prostitutes, business women, it didn’t matter. One moment they would be walking down the sidewalk in the middle of town, and the next what was left of their bodies would be found in a nearby alleyway. Devoured. That’s why I had to be the next one to walk the streets. To draw out whoever was doing this. To be his next victim.
The Goodbye
He murdered young girls by crucifying them with ice picks. He was slick, elusive, and heading for our city. My partner and I were damned and determined this murderer would get no further. Unfortunately I couldn’t keep my head on the job. Neither could I ignore the weird-ass dreams I was having about this deviate. This case was becoming more personal, more foreboding, and more dangerous with each passing day. And there was no damn way I could avoid what I dreamed would be the final outcome.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The Reaper Collection by Jade Royal
Monday, November 16, 2020
THE REAPER by Jade Royal
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Two-Sentence Horror Stories
Posted by u/CarbonatedMoolk:
Posted by u/abskkr24:I was scared when I saw my dad chopping wood in the backyard.
It scared me even more to see he was using the axe I killed him with.
My last girlfriend always got creeped out by the 14 'weird' dolls I kept on display.
I have a new girlfriend now, and she wants me to throw out all 15 of the 'disturbingly lifelike' dolls.
Posted by u/SkittishReflections:
My date took me on a cruise on his fancy glass-bottomed boat.
I didn't know what was scarier: The bloated hands pressed against the glass from below, or their warnings as they pointed to my date.
Posted by u/BasementDweller3000:
Reviewing the old tape of my 12th birthday party, I noticed there were things I didn’t remember...
...Like the part where everyone gazed silently into the camera, mouths agape, for two hours until the candles burned out.
Posted by u/Markojpp:
'You’ll feel it in no time,' the dealer laughed as smoke filled Tormund’s lungs.
Tormund tried tearing his lips from the car’s tailpipe, but the glue was too strong
Posted by u/felix_felicis2020:
"Jesus Christ, look at his face, that - that can't possibly be a human," my wife whispered as she stepped aside letting me peer through the peephole.
I didn't even get the chance to scream as she held my head in place while someone outside shot me through the eye with a nail gun.
Posted by u/Roborob03:
"A guy just ran up to me while screaming that somebody had locked him in a basement, blindfolded him, and starved him for days.
You should’ve seen the look of absolute horror on his face when he recognized my voice."
Posted by u/Top_wolf78:
"My sister came in my room last night and warned me not to go in the basement with my father tomorrow.
I screamed in horror, because my sister has been missing for three years now."
Posted by u/FredGruntbuggly:
"No matter which Chinese restaurant I go to, no matter which city I’m in, the fortune cookie always reads: 'Enjoy every meal as if it was your last.'
Until today, that is, when it read: 'I hope you enjoyed your meal.'"
Posted by u/Kirby_Israel:
From my window, I could see two dozen police officers, plus volunteers, combing the old forest to find the missing children.
One by one their flashlights went dark, as the children of the old oak woods found them first."
Posted by u/IknowKarazy:
"I used to hate the sound of crickets outside the lonely farmhouse.
Now every time they go silent I know that thing is passing by, and I pray for them to chirp again."
Posted by u/909087:
"I loved my job of finding missing kids.
Until I saw my baby photo..."
Posted by u/Anthonybrose:
"Leaving the dying world infested with zombies behind, I managed to teleport to a time before it all happened.
Happy to be in a zombie-free world, I felt a pang of pain in my right leg; I saw that the scratch I had gotten from a zombie was now red and infected."
Posted by u/Sin-A-Bun:
"They all ask how many kids came to my house for trick or treating...
None of them ask how many left."
Posted by u/DarthSanity:
"My grief turned to shock when I learned my recently deceased wife’s skull matched the DNA profile for a teen missing since 1987.
The rest of her bones matched to six other people on the missing persons list from that same time period."
Posted by u/ghostmadlittlemiss:
"The sound of my boyfriend’s snores have always been able to put me to sleep.
But he’s visiting family and I can still hear them."