Thriller

A Beginning…

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Amy wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and flushed the toilet quickly before her mother asked questions.

Haley in the Tank

3 minute read

I sat on the steel cot and stared at the three other people in with me: the chick and two dudes. She was throwing up. One of the guys laid passed out on the ...

Haley on the Road

2 minute read

We had to pull over on the side of the road when the jeep started to overheat. I got out and stretched. Even though it was early November, it was unseasonabl...

Unwanted

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Heaven didn’t want the maiming boy Ambling away from the Pearly Gates Underneath the Earth, another was watching Netherworld needing another soul To hun...

Cellar

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My hands shook in the cold rain as I fumbled with the shovel handle as another flash of lightning illuminated the back deck’s leaf litter blanket. I gingerly...

A Close Call

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It was a dark and stormy night, my wife and daughter were driving to a Fire Hall outside Chester for a family gathering. The rain pounded the roads and the c...

Strength

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“You can do this,” he said with an intensity that made me smile. I marvelled at the heft of the weapon, feeling its steely coolness, knowing a simple purpose...

The Perfect Trick

5 minute read

All eyes were either on Scott’s hands or Amy’s outfit. That was part of the hook. He’d fumble through the basic show tricks ably enough despite only picking ...

Shardik

2 minute read

Shardik woke to the high-pitched laughter of the woman and growled quietly to himself.

Piscans Interruptus

2 minute read

Captain Nestor breathed a sigh of relief as his yacht left the hanger bay of the Vindictus. Finally, some alone time. It’d been too long since he’d taken hol...