Authors P – V

Mother’s Little Helper

by Tim Pompey Wednesday 1:01 P.M. Chad Rolf folded his hands in his lap.  “I killed my mother, you know.” Rolf had called the Ventura Police Department saying he had information on a murder.  Detective Dan Manning picked up the assignment and agreed to meet him at his house in the posh Ventura neighborhood just [...]

26Aug2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

I Missed You

By P.D. Stephens There was no big fuss, no hoopla, no screaming or yelling, or running around in a panic. When someone goes out, they just go. Tad Parker knew this as he walked out of Massachusetts General Hospital. The beep from the heart monitor had shot out every few seconds. Michael’s breathing was…shallow. It [...]

27Jul2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

Knee Deep

By Ryan G. Sanders Jessie edged his feet into the thick sludge and sighed, he had not expected his life to take such a turn when he was a younger man. The bubbling, festering pool of Hubert Armstrong was a particularly loud nail in the resounding coffin monotony of his existence as an industrial cleaner. [...]

30Jun2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

A Dream of Red Hands

By Bram Stoker The first opinion given to me regarding Jacob Settle was a simple descriptive statement. “He’s a down-in-the-mouth chap”: but I found that it embodied the thoughts and ideas of all his fellow- workmen. There was in the phrase a certain easy tolerance, an absence of positive feeling of any kind, rather than [...]

8Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Dracula’s Guest

By Bram Stoker When we started for our drive the sun was shining brightly on Munich, and the air was full of the joyousness of early summer. Just as we were about to depart, Herr Delbruck (the maitre d’hotel of the Quatre Saisons, where I was staying) came down bareheaded to the carriage and, after [...]

6Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

The Snow

By Walt Trizna See the delicate snowflakes fall, Falling, falling, falling. Whitening the earth, awaiting below, Falling, falling, falling. See the mounds of glittering white, Building, building, building. As they hide the ground from sight, Building, building, building. See the ceaseless falling snow, Falling, falling, falling. Will it stop, no one quite knows, Falling, falling, [...]

1Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

The Burial of the Rats

By Bram Stoker Leaving Paris by the Orleans road, cross the Enceinte, and, turning to the right, you find yourself in a somewhat wild and not at all savoury district. Right and left, before and behind, on every side rise great heaps of dust and waste accumulated by the process of time. Paris has its [...]

28Mar2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

The Invisible Giant

By Bram Stoker Time goes on in the Country Under the Sunset much as it does here. Many years passed away; and they wrought much change. And now we find a time when the people that lived in good King Mago’s time would hardly have known their beautiful Land if they had seen it again. [...]

28Mar2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

Grayer

By Jamie VanGeest I am an imprint from a mold or wisdom’s afterthought. All of my features are shades of brown with my light russet hair, my eyes the shade of dirt baking in the sun, and a diluted sludge and milk complexion. If my exterior is brown, my life is gray. Dense shades of [...]

16Mar2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

The Journal of Malcolm Coles

By Chris Tepedino Investigator’s note: Entries are from 5 March 2009 through 11 April 2009. The victim’s name has been changed for the family’s privacy. Does anyone need a reason to kill? I’m a young man, twenty-six, a graduate student, and the question intrigues me. It’s the question that has led to this new predicament. [...]

8Mar2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

The Gift of Death

By Walt Trizna Will’s bedroom was cast in shadows by the moonlight filtering through the window. Lying next to him was the naked body of a young woman. With her lips slightly parted, she appeared as if she were in a gentle sleep. He face, framed by short blond hair, was at peace. Her body [...]

7Mar2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

Beyond Repair

By Jason Sawyer More than anything, he notices the cold. How fitting, he thinks. It shouldn’t be a bright, sunny day. How very fitting. The reverend drones on beneath the crowded tent, his smooth, practiced words offering no comfort. The wind howls through the mass of people causing them to shudder and clench their coats [...]

2Mar2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

Out of Work

By P.D. Stephens “You are not understanding me,” he shouted. The girl behind the counter looked at him like he was the asshole. “I understand you perfectly. What would you like me to do?” “Get your manager is what I’d like you to do.” The girl behind the counter disappeared into a door next to [...]

19Feb2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

Unwelcomed Guests

By Walt Trizna Will Trizma was a writer of ghost stories and mined the local countryside for legends and their settings.  The area abounded in both.  His wife, Joan, acted as his editor and sounding board for his ideas.  At times, the only comment she would make is, “You’re sick.” Not only did he write [...]

8Feb2010 | Editor | 0 comments | Continued

76 Hammer On-Ramp

By P.D. Stephens This morning I wanted a story. I started the morning out how I start all mornings out: by watching the cars. You see, I live on an on-ramp to the highway. My apartment is on the second floor overlooking the great view of the cars speeding by. On most mornings I will [...]

24Jan2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued
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