Visitation: an end
Nami could only blink and wring her hands. She picked over her words carefully, not wanting to offend. “Does it...doesn’t it come from the gods themselves, the…
Visitation: an answer
“Are you testing me?” Nami asked. “To see if I will act piously?” Ina smiled. She looked different than when she first arrived, Nami realised; her eyes were…
Visitation: a question
Nami found her heart beating harder as she watched her guest. It was something about the way she moved, or the strange flash of gold in her eyes which only…
Visitation: a guest
A woman with weathered skin and grey in her hair opened the door. Her name was Nami. She looked out and saw a dusty, worn woman, younger than herself. She…
Visitation: a knock
Ina had walked all day and into the night, and though by now she was dusty and worn, not a single door had opened to her. The darkened plains were endless, and…
First Chime
The stroke after midnight; the first light appears over the top of the hill. Its soft yellow glow bobs gently left and right in the hand of the priest as he…
A Conversation
“I’ve been thinking about leaving,” he told me. His eyes stared into nothingness, straying from reality. his face was coated with filth he hadn’t bothered to…
The Horror
An upset stomach woke Jack. Even at his tender age he knew if he went to his mom she would scold him for not listening when she said not to eat all his candy…
Time Is Up
Was it a wrathful ancient god? Some demonic entity? Or had our time simply run out? We’ll never know, now. Not that it makes much of a difference. It was cruel…
The Best of the Worst
It’s funny that when I look back on my childhood, I remember very little on my own. But, the simple waft of a freshly baked apple donut or the seductively…
The Final Thoughts of a Murdered Infant
I don’t recall when my umbilical was cut; I think it was only a few days ago, when I was born. Not long ago I was safe in the nursery and the only home I had…
A.M.U. (Associated Monsters United)
“Welcome, I’m glad you could all be in attendance. Now about this year’s halloween...it’s not good, yes count?” Count Acula, “I am dissapointed with how my…
Return of the Pumpkin Lord, episode 1, part 3, chapter 6
The fools! They were so sure of their victory, so sure they had defeated the mighty Pumpkin Lord. Death was merely a setback for a being such as itself…
The House
The house was a one-story bungalow with drab gray siding and a massive front porch. The lack of ambient light that night lent a dismally foreboding air to the…
... Thinking how wierd it was that I still trick-or-treated
I walked into my History class and glared at the over head projector that was set up and cast a bluish glow on the wall. “Uhg, notes again,” I moaned, sitting…
Halloween Hell
When i was 13 years old i dressed up as a zombie bride and went trick or treating with my friends.We walked around my friends neihborhood, until we reached an…
Halloween Domination
Sitting here, quivering in excitement. Waiting for the big day. I can barely breath. But I know my time will come. And I will get everything that I want. When…
Autumn
Autumn Teens groaning with books again As leaves come tumbling Children tumbling in piles Hard work ruined, parents grumble While walking goblins and doctors…
The Gladiator's Keeper
Officer Agostino Rossi crossed the crowded lobby. Tonight of all nights, when he should be walking his kids around the neighborhood asking for candy corn, he…