OCTOBER TERROR 2018 Short Story Award – Entry #65 “Fifteen Minutes” by Richard Ayre
Fifteen minutes. A quarter of an hour. 900 seconds. Whichever way you look at it, it’s not a lot of time is it? What [Read more…]
Fifteen minutes. A quarter of an hour. 900 seconds. Whichever way you look at it, it’s not a lot of time is it? What [Read more…]
September 5, 1799 Moonlight highlighted the orange undertones of Selah’s fiery, red hair as she knelt by the attic window. She held herself still and [Read more…]
There are things in this world we cannot explain, creatures and occurrences of the most dark and twisted nature, they haunt our very souls. I [Read more…]
I need to leave before the world wakes. The mid-summer sun is nearly up. It’s a stronger draw than the warmth of my latest lover’s body [Read more…]
“It’s like this, Gemma – at the end of the day, there’s simply no growth in botany.” If anybody other than Doctor Randwick had uttered [Read more…]
The drive over the Dragons Tails’ many twists and turns was like a roller coaster from hell. Three hundred plus twisting flip flops that made [Read more…]
Scott stood at the front door, trying to build the confidence to knock. He wasn’t sure how to. What was the protocol? If he knocked [Read more…]
The drive to the Redwood Mega-Mart was far from comfortable. Lynsey hadn’t spoken to me for over an hour and had continued with the awkward [Read more…]
“Debs, Debs,” cried Gavin. “She’s back.” “What?” Deborah leaned against the front door. It clicked shut. “Who?” “Nan.” Deborah sighed as she deposited her handbag [Read more…]
Gerald unlocked the half dozen locks he had installed on his apartment door, swinging the door wide then moving off to the side to [Read more…]
THE PLACE STANK. Harvey Dellar groped blindly for an adjective or metaphor adequate enough to describe the rank scent. He failed. The writer’s block was [Read more…]
Ladies and Gentlemen! Be very welcome to our “HORROR DUNGEON RELEASE PARTIES” Night Sky Book Services (headed by Roma Gray) and The Bold Mom (headed [Read more…]
I engaged the handbrake, switched off the engine and leaned back against the head restraint. Spot on 7 p.m. I’d always been one of those [Read more…]
I gazed through the glass out over the estate. It was still the same shithole it had been when I was growing up here. Nothing [Read more…]
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