May 28
Four Years Of course, the first year was the worst. People dying, then rising to feed on those yet alive. The human body takes anywhere from a few weeks to months to decompose, – years if they remain buried – so the walking dead only remained threats so long as they were relatively… fresh. The …
Mar 01
“Calico” has been removed, pending publication with Raging Aardvark Publications and Ether Books.The ebook will be freely available through the website, and relevant links will be provided, as soon as they are ready. The release is timed to coincide with (Inter)national Flash Fiction Day. Polite comments, critical or otherwise, are appreciated. An audio version of …
Sep 30
Collection The young man’s voice, almost lost in the roar of an unseen wind, rose with the final incantation. The candle flames flared and died, immersing the room in darkness. From within the circle, a feeble voice called. “Billy?” The boy, almost a man, called out, “Just a sec’, Uncle Bubba.” He ran to a …
Sep 03
SANCTUARY The undead beat upon the door of the church. The sun glared upon their torn and damaged limbs while flowering vines clung to the brick walls of the edifice like dead men’s fingers. Neither daylight, cross, nor holy water detered them from the thick wooden door. The nearby fae heard the cries of despair …
Jun 21
Blood My inspiration for the sixth week of the 52|250 challenge is a little hard to nail down. The theme was Balance of Terror. I don’t know exactly why I first started thinking along these lines, but for almost as long as I can remember I’ve had the idea of a monster aristocracy. Vampires would …
Jun 18
Party Time Lydia never needed to dress for costume parties. They made her raven black hair, overly pale face, and dark ringed eyes seem like conscious makeup choices – color coordinated for a night of monster mayhem. She eyed the man’s costume. Zombies usually weren’t her favorite monsters, but he was made up ”zombie-lite” – no …
May 28
Love is Blind “Welcome to the ‘Smythley Smith Show’ here on the BS Network. I’m your host, Smythley Smith, and I’d like to introduce our 2 guests, Karen and Howard. Their names have been changed for their protection.” Karen looked at the studio audience and gave her husband’s hand a short squeeze. He made no …
May 07
Adventures in Dentistry Bobby Flattoe loved his job. He’d been scaring little boys and grown men alike from the day he earned his degree and opened shop as a late-night dentist. In addition to this, the services he offered were so unique that he enjoyed an amount of financial freedom and price gouging unparalleled in …
May 01
Quietus The worst thing about the zombie apocalypse was the damned unicorns. It was easy enough to escape human zombies; they were slow moving, chronically uncoordinated creatures with very little brain power of their own. Perhaps that was why they hungered for the grey matter of others. The first time Maggie saw an infected unicorn …
Oct 16
White First one pale white hand, and then another, clawed it’s way up through the fresh pile of earth. A rat scurried off the mound as the ground erupted, dirt flying in all directions. Soon the hole was wide enough for the bride to emerge, using grimy fingers to pull herself out. She adjusted her …
