Julius felt old. And without a doubt, it wasn’t that ‘in his head’ shit. He was about to break seventy. Feeling old also didn’t feel like the proper description of how he felt mentally. Like an old bastard, a town drunk, a city bum picking at scraps in the slums. Everyday he’d waddle to his …
Tag: horror
In the Mind of the Beast
Strangers. Apathetic people rustled their feet, shuffled their papers to cover up unintended noises. They were a group, a courtroom of nonbelievers who only saw Scarlett as a side show. Court seats creaked every time she tried to shift. Her restraints, her chains, made satisfying rings against the floor. Scarlett hated the idea of leaving …
Blood and Fire
I'd never seen it. I'd never watched it dissipate. I'd never seen the dim light. There is was. In the eyes. The twinkle that trickled away. Color decided to bleed. Grey decided to leak. White disappeared and found its way onto the skin. And every frosted breath released from the throat. I remembered freezing in …
The Gravedigger
Arael covered the north. She preferred the more open areas so she could move around and slide the corners. She loved diving through the glass windows just to flip back to her feet, her back slapping a few tables, and her iron plates to take the majority of brute force. She'd invented the knives glowing …
Attempt 255
Jarrod examined the blood again and again. He ran it through the systems, studied the structure, and isolated the necessary components. Failure. Then another. More trials. More failures. But he couldn't stop. He drew additional blood and dripped individual pieces onto glass slabs. Attempt 256. He examined the blood again and again. He ran it …
Just Buckle Down 