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Winchester: Watching From The Window
When my husband returned home from the island for training, I explained everything in great detail about the woman next door. He thought she seemed most odd as well. We made a great effort to avoid her at all costs. If we were out in our backyard, and we heard her screen door opn, we would find our way inside. We had some friends over one night. We had dinner, and when it got late, I put the kids to bed and we hung out in the backyard. We had a fire pit that we all sat around having drinks and talking. We decided to tell them about our little friend Tommy. They seemed to believe us but dealt with it in a joking manner. They did not take it too seriously.
By Jesika Rhodes3 years ago in Horror
Goats In the Mist
Andrew looked out the window of his newly purchased home on Ridell Road as he sipped a steaming cup of rich, dark coffee. They were back again. They appeared last night, the little buggers, eyes opaque and glowing through his bedroom windows. He could hear their soft baaing sounds as they each tried to get a peek inside while he lay in bed pretending to sleep. What the hell did they want and why only at night? The strangest damn thing he ever saw. Their soft snorts and baas continued through most of the night like some Old McDonald nightmare. Occasionally they would butt the side of the cabin in frustration, disappearing around four am.
By Riss Ryker3 years ago in Horror
Ch4: Careful What I Wish For
Miles was mad about the TV when he got home. I had hoped he wouldn't notice until after I was gone (I am unscrupulous, apparently,) but no such luck. The air had been thick with his cursing, which didn't bother me as much as it probably should have. I let guilt slide off my face and leave it blankly innocent. I had tried to switch it on earlier, I say, all wide eyes and ignorance. It didn't work then either. Well, that's not exactly a lie.
By L.C. Schäfer3 years ago in Horror
Bella and the Bear
Bella sat at the dinner table watching her parents eat. No one was talking and the air felt heavy and suffocating. Her mother was cutting her food into tiny pieces but not really eating any of it, just pushing it around her plate. Her father slammed his cutlery down after each bite and chewed loudly. Bella could feel her stomach twisting around the food she was forcing herself to eat too fast, hardly chewing before swallowing it down and ignoring the painful lump forming in her throat. She wanted to leave the table as quickly as possible and that meant clearing her plate. No sooner than she had put the last bite in her mouth she asked to be excused. Her mother continued to stare blankly at her plate, seemingly without hearing her so she turned instead to her father. He grunted at her in approval and she slipped from her chair and gently placed her cup and plate by the sink. She tiptoed up the stairs and as she closed the bedroom door behind her she heard a plate crash into the sink. She jumped into her bed without undressing and pulled her pillow down around her ears. Not quickly enough to block out the first angry words booming up from below. She sang softly to herself and shut her eyes tight hoping that sleep would come quickly. When sleep didn't come and the noise came up the stairs bringing with it crashes and slammed doors that shook the floor under her bed, Bella pulled her quilt about her shoulders and climbed out her window and into the ancient tree whose branches tangled up against the house and creaked in the wind. Climbing deeper into the branches she found no escape from the noise so she clambered down and ran away from the house, following the small creek that ran through their property. The moon was full and high in a clear sky and it was only when Bella could no longer see her way by its light that she realised she had wandered into the thick patch of forest that bordered her father's land. He had told her many times that if she went into the woods alone a bear would eat her for a snack. Too frightened of the noise at home to return and too frightened of bears to continue she curled up in the roots of a huge tree and, cold and alone, cried herself to sleep.
By Billie Argyle3 years ago in Horror
Fear
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this." "Oh come on, it's just a carnival ride. What's the worst that can happen?" I watch her big smile practically take over her face. I raise one eyebrow at her, it took me years to perfect it but now it came naturally.
By Liza Rivera3 years ago in Horror
Once Upon A Nightmare
Rebecca rubbed her eyes as she glanced at the clock on Elijah's dresser. She jolted awake as she remembered the nightmare that continued to linger like a bad taste in her mouth. It's 3 o'clock in the morning and Elijah was snoring so loud that anyone passing by would think their was a bear hibernating in the house. She tried shaking him awake and when that didn't work she hit him with a pillow. He opened his eyes slowly and stretched lazily over the side of the bed. "Eli" "Wake up," she pleads. Immediately, he sensed that something was wrong. Her body was slightly shaking and even though she had said that it was from a inner cold that she couldn't get rid of. The look on her face showed otherwise it looked as if she had seen a ghost. He pulled her back into the massive King size bed and lavished upon her affection kisses. She couldn't help but laugh as he tickled her. "Now that the Boogie Man is back where he belongs let's get some sleep."
By Che'la McClain3 years ago in Horror
An Echo of Life
The spring sun warmed the grass where Lillibet stood. She rustled her feet against it in anxious procrastination for what was to come. Today was the day she took the test, and if she passed, be sworn in, to the Order Soul Keepers as a Nun at the Sanctuary of Lost Souls. She was hesitant but ready. She took a deep breath and fastened her scarf around her head. From her head to her toes, Lillibet, clad in pastel blue and white, looked just as any Nun would. She stood tall and focused, sighing heavily with each breath as she gained the confidence to walk to the site of her test. As she traveled, people around her waved and wished her luck. Lillibet simply smiled and nodded. She paced herself moving in a slow but constant meditation; her palms facing upwards resting at her breast, with her fingers gently intertwined. Her night and day of silent meditation and reflection were almost up. Lillibet approached the Church with reverence. She gently nodded to the soulless as she passed them by. They wandered the graveyard, bumping into the forcefield surrounding it ever so often, as a reminder to those who come to transfer their souls to another body; the result of what happens when the soul leaves a body not ready to die. Lillibet stopped to admire the church for a moment. It was a modest stone building consisting of red, blue, and grey stones. The ancient structure once for the hopes of life after death, was now a sign of life eternal to the immortal. The church of old celebrated death as a way to eternal life. Now they celebrate life immortal. She sighed and walked up the steps to the door and opened it. A burly man in a dark blue hooded robe turned to face her. He smiled warmly at her.
By Kitty Fermengs3 years ago in Horror
The Red Mark
In a country in a distant place, two families were warring. The feud had gone on for so long no one could quite remember the original cause. The present hostilities were based on more recent grudges and murders. One family was named Wren, the other Fox. Both desired to control the countryside and eradicate their enemy.
By E.L. Buchanan3 years ago in Horror
My Demon Tried Killing Me Again
My demon tried killing me again last night. For some reason I was at a train station, waiting to depart LaLa Land, as I call it. I took my seat and off we went, through the wall of Reality, but after breaking through the haze I was back in the parking lot, trying to get back inside the train station.
By Max M Power3 years ago in Horror
The Evil Dead Movie
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud and unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
By Rebecca Lynn Ivey3 years ago in Horror