A Different Story
Then there were the children who grew up differently, in a world that was so evil, a witch wasn’t needed to capture its image. There were no pin-pricks here…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part VIII
The unborn foetus died. That little mass of conception, that tiny being of future possibilities and hardships and life itself had been snuffed out, like a…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part VII
Seven days previously, me and Ellis were out celebrating the news of her being pregnant. But when we came back, her mood seemed to change. Her back was…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part VI
Now, I must interrupt my story from the perspective of knowing what is going to happen. After hearing that voice say those words in my head, I very nearly shit…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part V
That night, I didn’t sleep. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Ellis had said when she’d come in. “Please let him be out...” Did that mean she didn’t want be…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part IV
The ambient whine suddenly stopped and the sound of the front door opening was unexpectedly amplified up to eleven, making me jump out of the chair. Footsteps…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part III
When I burst into my house and slammed the door firmly shut behind me, I felt slightly better. After taking my rain-soaked clothes off, I collapsed into my…
HEARING DAMAGE: Part II
“...why can’t he just do what I ask him t--” “...uch a stupid film. Never seeing that aga--” “_...car’s on fire and there’s no driver at the wheel and the…
HEARING DAMAGE
Something weird is happening to me. No, please don’t go! I know you’ve probably read that line trillions of times in horror novels, but I swear _this is not…
Voices in the Haze
Bits and pieces of conversation filtered through a haze of medication and pain. “...possibly permanent damage to his hearing.” “...least of his worries. That…