“What’s that noise?” asked my four-year-old daughter.
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“Just trees in the wind,” I said, whilst blocking her view of the window.
Bite-Sized Horror #16: Window
Month: Aug 2019
Bite-Sized Horror #15: Beautiful
Mom said she was just putting her face on.
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I walked in without knocking, thinking she was talking about makeup.
Bite-Sized Horror #14: Best Friend
I was really upset when Fido barked in my direction.
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I was even more upset when I realised, he wasn’t barking at me.
‘Too Many Candles’: Read my birthday-themed short horror story for this week’s Reedsy contest!
Happy Friday! I hope you’re all well! It’s been a great week, right? New music from Tool and everything! Anyway, to maintain tradition, I’ve submitted another story for Reedsy’s weekly contest!
As this is Reedsy’s 150th weekly prompt, the theme was that of ‘birthday’. Rather appropriate, don’t you think? Initially, I wasn’t sure where to take the story, but thoughts of cakes and candles set me off in the right direction… The title of my short story is Too Many Candles. You can read it here!
Enjoy the short read! And remember: always take a gift to a birthday party… you never know what might happen!
Have a good weekend!
P.S. As usual, I’ll be skipping Bite-Sized Horror today as I’m already posting. Check back for more two-sentence chills tomorrow!
Bite-Sized Horror #13: Prices
“All purchases are final,” said the salesman.
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I truly understood why he said it cost “an arm and a leg” when I heard the revving of the chainsaw.
Bite-Sized Horror #12: Eight
“They’re more scared of you than you are of them,” I had mocked.
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Slowly, I backed into the corner as the spiders kept coming.
Have a read of my short horror story for the August 2019 #BlogBattle: ‘Foliage’!
Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well! I’ve once again had a go at the Blog Battle. The prompt for this month is ‘intercept’. My story came together quite quickly, and I had an evil grin on my face as I frantically wrote.
You can read the short story here, the title is Foliage.
“The raindrops pitter-pattered overhead as the rich perfume of copper percolated throughout the tent.” Continue Reading
I hope you enjoy the short read. Please have a look at the other stories as well!
P.S. As before, as I’m sharing a short story, I’ll be pausing my Bite-Sized Horror series for today, so I’m not spamming your feeds! It’ll be back tomorrow!
Bite-Sized Horror #11: Time
Bite-Sized Horror #10: Kink
I gave him a naughty wink when I saw the plastic sheets and camera.
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I never saw the axe.
‘I Like to Knit’: My short story for this week’s Reedsy contest!
Hello! How are you today? I’ve had a go at the Reedsy weekly Short Story Contest again!
This week’s theme was Be-all and end-all. I chose prompt #4: “write a story that starts by presenting a highly unusual scene,” and I also included a bonus — prompt #5: “write a story that starts with the same line as it ends.”
So, I’ve written a quirky little comedy-horror titled I Like to Knit. You can read it on my Short Stories page over here!
“The second time I killed my husband was the hardest.” Continue Reading
I hope you enjoy it! I had one or two maniacal chuckles when I was making it up!
P.S. As I’m sharing my short story, I thought I’d skip today’s Bite-Sized Horror post, as I don’t want to clog up everyone’s feeds! But don’t worry, normal service will resume tomorrow!
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