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The speedometer on the 1974 Gremlin teeters between fifty and fifty-five as it makes its way down the lone highway toward the setting sun. Cassie reaches out with her right hand and turns the radio volume up as high as it will go. “Seasons in the Sun, my favorite!” She flicks through the overflowing ash tray and pulls out the [...]
BLOG Mathew E. C. Bridle is the author of Emun of Mor. Can the magic of men and faith of the Holy Order overcome the alliance of the goblins and the armies of the undead as they scourge the land of the living? More about his book >> I have walked these halls in immense joy and sorrow. I painted [...]
James closed the door, the bell above it sounding muted, swallowed by the stuffed shop, a hodge-podge too packed with geegaws and whatchamacallits for unmuffled sound, a space crowded enough to cause him a sudden surge of claustrophobia, afraid overburdened shelves and precariously stacked merchandise might teeter, falling upon him if he made the slightest wrong move. “We close in [...]
It was a small shop on a back street, the sort of shop you’d only find in Europe. She ran to it at once. “Oh, look!” At first he didn’t know what had caught her eye but then he did. Puppets. “Aren’t they wonderful?” Charles’ corns hurt like a bastard but he walked over anyway. He looked and nodded. Actually [...]
It’s tucked away from most of the shops in town, down a narrow street running off the main thoroughfare: not a particularly good location for a place of business trying to extol its presence. But, that is just fine with the proprietor. His clients know where he is. That’s what matters. Caldwell is one of those throwback towns where Main [...]
Welcome to our showcase of #fridayflash horror stories by our authors and contributors, along with our favorite reads around the Internet. A list of our contributors latest stories are in the upper left column. Below are links to our favorite horror reads in other blogs. We also invite you to join our prompts and post a link to your story [...]
Mr. Treadwell heard the bell ring above the front door. His heart skipped a beat as it always did at the thought of a customer. “Could just be Ed the mailman,” he reminded himself. “Or even Agnes from the coffee shop with my sweet rolls.” “Hey, Mr. Treadwell,” a welcomed voice announced. “Get anything new in this week?” It was [...]
“Careful opening the door. The air inside is probably stagnate, so make sure your masks are on. We don’t know for sure what Dr. Meggs was doing in here, just that he thought it best to barricade the lab.” “And kill himself.” “Yes Straka, and kill himself,” Nita Sanders said. “Should we really be opening this place up then,” Alejandra [...]
Captain Johnson steadied the wheel. The seas were rough, and his men were down below in the sub, trying to locate what they had been unable to bring up the last time. Things would be different on this go round; the sub was equipped with special arms able to attach a cable around what they thought might be a special [...]
What on earth am I doing here? I know dealers got some quirks, but really – dead pig fetuses in a jar?! Too freakin’ freaky… “I don’t he likes our collection, Slink,” the guy in the corner laughed. Mick, that was his name, or nickname, more likely, as this business dealt in fake identities and anonymity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BLOG [...]
“It is very old this thing. You might think it strange looking but truly it is the most amazing artifact!” The buyer was skeptical. “If it’s so amazing why is it not in a museum or in some private collection? Why have I not heard of it?” “You have not heard of it for it is cursed with the curse [...]
Professor Dane slid his left hand across the top of his unkept mountain of white hair and opened his lesson plan book. He then scribbled the words Crab Nebula at the top of the page and drew a giant circle around the red letters. “This week I’m going to talk about the mother of all supernova’s, and my theory of [...]
“There’s nothing to worry about,” I said.”This treatment’s been proven effective time after time, for so many ailments. You’re practically cured already.” The patient made no response, merely watched as I made a few adjustments to the apparatus. I’d given this treatment so many times I could pretty much adjust the settings just by eyeballing the patient, but I always [...]
Welcome to our showcase of #fridayflash horror stories by our authors and contributors, along with our favorite reads around the Internet. A list of our contributors latest stories are in the upper left column. Below are links to our favorite horror reads in other blogs. We also invite you to join our prompts and post a link to your story [...]
Margie waited for the endless stream of previews to end and the theatre to become her favorite dark hideaway before digging in to the bucket of freshly popped popcorn; drenched in butter and loaded with extra salt. She had waited weeks to see the newest hit comedy, Romancing For Dummies, and the opening scene found her belly jiggling and her [...]
The child appeared quite normal when Matthew first saw her. It was only a momentary glimpse as he passed the open door to the waiting room, where she sat on a chair, turning the pages of a book. Matthew guessed the prim woman sitting with her was the mother. “Your first patient is Veronica Marsden,” the nurse read from a [...]
Dr. Roman Knight walked the darkened halls of Greenlawn Mental Institution, his heels moving soundlessly down the tiled halls. The patient he would be visiting would never know he was on his way, although she knew he would be seeking her company. He had ordered her bathed an hour ago. It had only been a few days since he had [...]
The housemaid saw her and thought she looked beautiful in the moonlight like a young goddess come to earth for some purpose. “You there. Are you hungry, would you like to sit by the fire?” The girl backed away into the shadows for she feared showing herself. She frightened people with her teeth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BLOG Carole Gill was [...]
Mandy watched her date over the rim of a martini glass. His eyes were slightly squinted, taking in the expensive electronic equipment, the furniture, and the extensive DVD and CD collection. “Sebastian—that’s his name, isn’t it?” Mandy asked herself. Oh well, Sebastian or Sinbad or whoever he was looked like a predator casing her possessions, and that’s what she liked [...]
Clouds scudded across the full moon, bright here, almost a mile from the meager lights of town. ‘This was the wrong job for me,’ thought Dr. Ben Billing as he gazed out into the night. ‘I need to get back to a city. Any city. Three months of nothing more interesting than moonshine overdoses or lawn mower accidents and I’m already going [...]
WARNING: ADULT SEXUAL CONTENT GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING He sits on the bar stool, wearing dark shades even though the joint is typical of the poorly lit gin joints frequenting this part of town. There’s barely enough light for the bar-keep to mix and pour drinks. But that’s what is wanted here. No one wants to see all that goes on [...]
Ok, going to the dentist is not at the top of anyone’s’ list, but you know, I like to go. Call me crazy, call me nut-so, but there’s something to be said about the cleanliness, and the comfortable chair…oh alright, I go because my dentist is drop dead gorgeous. Oh my lord, I’d do anything for him and not complain [...]
INTERVIEW WITH LAUREN CURTIS Above is Lauren’s newest piece in her x-ray series. She is a freelance illustrator and fine artist. She has been involved in the Wiccan/Pagan and Gothic communities for many years. Her work reflects her interests in mythology, (especially Egyptian, Celtic, and Greco-Roman), spirituality, the Occult, and dark fantasy. Lauren works in many mediums, such as pen [...]
Welcome to our showcase of #fridayflash horror stories by our authors and contributors, along with our favorite reads around the Internet. A list of our contributors latest stories are in the upper left column. Below are links to our favorite horror reads in other blogs. We also invite you to join our prompts and post a link to your story [...]
WARNING: ADULT SEXUAL CONTENT GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING The heavily tattooed bouncer at the Ass-U-Like-It strip club stood outside the entrance squeezing tightly on the nozzle of a hose. He held it close to his beer belly and aimed downward, in a hurry to spray a mix of beads, plastic cups, and other Mardi Gras debris into the street. The bulldozer [...]
‘How much for this?’ Sadie asked, handling the purple, green and yellow coloured-glass bead necklace. ‘That, my dear, it’s nothing but a cheap glass trinket of no real value. If you’re looking for jewellery, we have some beautiful jet necklaces or pearls.’ The woman moved across the junk shop with a grace and speed that belied her obvious age as [...]
Jangles is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! February in New Orleans. Damn! Past flood or not, it’s still time for Mardis Gras. Masks, costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, and parades are the order of the day. Not even Katrina can stop the luster. Laissez les bons temps rouler. Let the good times roll. Jangles pushes the lid of his coffin open and takes in [...]
The streets were packed. The noise nearly deafening, all of New Orleans it seemed was alive with the fun and excitement of Mardi Gras and this was Shrove Tuesday, the best night. “This is the biggest parade,” Scott said. “Look!” Dany looked incredulous. “It’s fabulous!” ABOUT THE AUTHOR BLOG Carole Gill was selected by North West Playwrights of England for [...]
“To whom it may concern, It wasn’t my fault. It was Max. I went along with him, but that’s all I did. I swear. I think. There are bead necklaces on my table. Four necklaces, four colors. Mardi Gras souvenirs I’d give anything to get rid of. I’ve tried; they keep coming back. The blue one was Max’s. The Mardi [...]
Paul was satiated with Mardi Gras: the wild clamor of laughter, the jazz music, the heavy layers of gold, green, and purple beads swinging from bodies crowding the booby balconies, and, most of all, the vast portions of oysters, crayfish, gumbo, beer and Hurricanes he had forced into a rebellious stomach. Paul slid from the bed and stumbled to the [...]
And so it begins, the Mardi Gras madness…. she thought. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BLOG Nicole Hadaway is the Vamplit published author of Release and the sequel Return to be released this fall. As a former lawyer, Nicole Hadaway knows all about bloodsuckers and deals with the devil. She currently lives in Texas where she pens such tales of horror, usually [...]
Welcome to our showcase of #fridayflash horror stories by our authors and contributors, along with our favorite reads around the Internet. A list of our contributors latest stories are in the upper left column. Below are links to our favorite horror reads in other blogs. We also invite you to join our prompts and post a link to your story [...]
She saw the circus flyer pinned to a lamppost on the corner of the dilapidated street where she lived. She paused, only for a moment, it wasn’t the kind of neighbourhood it was safe to pause longer in, but she was hooked. Now, all they had to do was wait and one thing the damned are good at is waiting. [...]
They didn’t thrill him anymore: the high wire acts, the trapeze artists, the lion tamer tempting death. Nothing about the circus got his juices flowing. The man left in mid-show, walking out into the windy, autumn night. “Where the hell are Bradbury’s October People anyhow?” the man asked out loud with a laugh. ABOUT THE AUTHOR BLOG Timothy C. Hobbs [...]
CLICK HEREfor more infoon how to join JUST ADDEDTimothy C. Hobbs3 eBook Set Raffle ENTER RAFFLE Welcome to our new contributor, Rob Smales. “Over here, Shataback! Here! Here! Gott in Himmel, Shataback, put it here or I vill feed you to him!” J.J. had been working for Religger for three days now, and though he’d given the man the name [...]
I’m off prompt today, trying to catch up on stories I’ve written but not edited. This week I’m posting my Undead New Year’s story and earlier this week I posted 4 and 20 Clowns (Part 1), which really goes with this week’s theme, but part 2 won’t be ready until next week. -W.J. Howard I don’t know what I was [...]
They were known as the Flying Vladkos. The greatest high-wire act to come along in decades. They played all the great cities of Europe. Places like Berlin, Paris and London adored them. They admired their daring. You see they insisted on performing without a net. “We do not require one for we are skilled at what we do!” ABOUT THE [...]
The Davis Bros. Circus prides itself on quality shows. There are no animal acts at all: they have always been a forerunner in the animal rights movement, long before anyone else even thought about such things. Ah, but the allure of the the high-wire, the tumbling, the clowns with their special charms, and the gorgeous lady spinning around on the [...]
There is something to be said about full moons…they are truly a sight to behold. Which remind me, the story I am about to tell is a doozy. I was heading for the circus as I got out of my car. It was a warm summer night and as you may guess, a full moon was out as well. I [...]
Welcome to our showcase of #fridayflash horror stories by our authors and contributors, along with our favorite reads around the Internet. A list of our contributors latest stories are in the upper left column. Below are links to our favorite horror reads in other blogs. We also invite you to join our prompts and post a link to your story [...]
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