Tag: thriller
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The Graveyard In The Woods
One Summer day, I found myself in an old graveyard in the middle of nowhere. It was every horror fan’s dream; it was spooky, it was decrepit, and it was disappointing. One day I found myself in the car with my sister and my brother. We stopped off and got coffee and donuts. We were ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 17
Click here to read parts 1-16! Rebellions did not pick up traction quickly. Tristan was slow to learn that lesson. Connor laughed at her nervous energy, having learned years ago that a soldier’s and rebel’s closest companion was boredom. Her whole being felt rushed to move the cause forward, but reality dedicated that they must ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 16
Click here to read parts 1-15! As soon as Anfir opened the tent flap, Tristan knew why he’d led them there. Fenrir hobbled up from the cot where a redheaded girl was attempting to tend to his bandaged leg. The woman’s cat-like features turned down in a scowl as she watched Fenrir hoist himself up ... -
Night Howl
The room was dark as Jessica opened the laboratory door. The sound of heavy breathing made the darkened room eerie. Just as Jessica stepped into the room, the laboratory lights turned on and made the eerie breathing turned into a howling noise. In the middle of the white laboratory, there was a man bounded into ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 15
Click here to read parts 1-14! They were leaving again. Angie plodded along beside them, thrilled to set out on an adventure her mother had unknowingly agreed to when Anfir offered to “hire” her daughter. It didn’t hurt that the woman was fond of Anfir and thought he was a distant nobleman. Tristan wrung her ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 14
Click here to read parts 1-13! Everyone had days where they wished that sleep was something permanent, something that would stop them from opening her eyes and seeing the carnage strewn around. Only one clear memory of that feeling stood out like a monolith in Sarai’s mental landscape. After the Doerman’s attacked her home, she ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 13
Click here to read parts 1-12! Angie arrived moments later and was summarily yanked down amongst the leaves. They waited until the soldiers left, hiding among the bracken. Tacky tear trails dried on Tristan’s face as the flames climbed higher. Once the last horse vanished, Tristan bolted out from under their cover, her legs eating ... -
The Hand That Steers A Kingdom – Part 12
Click here to read parts 1-11. Tristan was getting nowhere with her foster parents. One was outright refusing to listen to her; the other was struggling to keep the peace while finishing his dinner. It shouldn’t have surprised her, of the two, Connor had always been more willing to give in to her demands. Tristan ... -
The Hand That Steers A Kingdom – Part 11
Click here to read parts 1-10. Tutti filled them with tea until Sarai’s stomach felt like it would burst. She hid a smile behind her cup as Connor grimaced into his mug and Tristan poked her tongue out in distaste. Very few people had the stomach for Tutti’s special blend of dandelion tea. Sarai discretely ... -
Cicadas
“Sometimes I reach out into the sky wishing that maybe just this once the laws of reality suspend and I finally touch a star,” the woman with thick glasses lazily sighed to herself in the back alley. Her arms displayed stories sketched with scar tissue; her features blurred her age to be somewhere between twenty-five ...