“And now, for the strangest of the strange. The most evil of evil. Ladies and gentlemen, you won’t find anything as vile or disgusting as you are about to see now. For those of you who are of weak stomach, the exit is just to your left. I pray that you are no more metal than your fellow companions if…
Author: Eric M Hunter
monster in the closet
“Alright, buddy. It’s bedtime.” Jim fitted his son under the covers and arranged his stuffed animals in whatever fashion he preferred them. Jim leaned down and kissed him on the forehead. “I love you. Sweet dreams. I’ll see you in the morning,” he said. His son repeated his words back to him. Jim kissed him again. He stood up, turned,…
lookout
Charles cupped both hands his eyes scanning the mountainside a few miles away. “I don’t see anythin’,” he said, dropping his hands down. He put one still cupped hand on top of the other and placed them over his right eye and leaned forward. Now he could see even closer to the snow covered mountain tops. He searched familiar trails…
graveyard shift
“Well,” the recruiter began. “Everything looks to be in order. Never worked in a graveyard before?” “No, sir. Just that bit of janitorial work I did for the high school a few years back. Did a bit of maintenance during that time too. Not sure what sort of set up you’ve got here,” he said. “Well, we’re a small outfit…
Road Trip
I watched the traffic drive by on Five-Four. The road heated up and had that summer smell to it when you rolled the windows down. I spit the old piece of chewing gum out into the foil wrapper, balled it up, and tossed it out my open window. I pulled my pack of gum out of my pocket and threw…
apartment complex
Another shock rocketed the east side of the apartment building. The floor beneath my feet shook and cracked. I held the rifle tight to my chest and dove to the floor avoiding falling concrete from the ceiling above me. I scrambled to my feet and dodged to the open window hiding to one side. I took a deep breath and…
the noise from the kitchen
Mary busied herself with the upstairs bedroom. Her and John hadn’t had over night company in a long time. Not since Johnny Jr’s accident, anyway. She had moved some empty boxes from one corner to the other when she heard the noise from the kitchen. She didn’t think anything of it at first. But the second time was louder and…
monster at the edge of my bed
There’s a monster that lives at the edge of my bed. While I’m asleep, I sometimes wake to the feeling of his fingernails pricking my toes. Like little needles finding a vein. Whenever I feel it, I pull my feet up to my chest and reach down to rub them. It only takes a few moments before they feel normal…
gift
The Visitors left planet Earth in a rush of frustration. They were surprised by how difficult it was for us to come to a conclusion in a single issue. They came to help us but we did what we always do. When they left, it was without a parting gift. A meteor struck the middle west of America with a…
tower
“We could just burn it down,” the ogre spouted his one tooth sticking out further than his pig nose. Gilpin looked up at him from his crouched position. The cliff they were on looked down into a chasm where a tower sat quietly. Their final destination after a long journey through worse than rough terrain. “Burn it down? Just like…