Simple Differences
A bulk of fur and flesh heaved slowly with labored breathing on table. Above slowly swung a light fixture, bumped rudely during the depositing of the body…
A Monster Under the Bed
“Soph cries for me at night. It happens at least five times a week. She keeps talking about a monster under her bed. It’s really hard sometimes to convince her…
Monsters.
I want to be friends with ghosts and monsters. I could visit the underworld. Or places not seen by human eyes. Their misty Twisting Bodies, A contrast to mine…
Escalation
Leah grabbed the branch saw and swung it around, keeping it between her the monster. “Stay away.” The thing made a series of sucking noises before Leah…
The soft glow of safety. And then.
It waits in the darkness patiently. The leprous creature has been preying on mankind since the dawn of time. In a different era, campfires held it at bay. And…
Chew
The apple rolled across the shack’s dusty floor, its body vermiculate and emaciated. It tucked into the corner of the room near a large mouse-hole. Not long…
The Non-Monster
The sounds from outside my window aren’t real. I know that, and I also know that if I stay behind my bed, wedged between the wall and dresser, whatever it is…
Fear
He didn’t know if it was organic or mechanical. It made growling and hissing noises as it limped around the outside of his cage. It was wearing a brass mask…
Gone Hunting, Back In Five Hours
The Lord of Wild moves silently through the trees, slipping across the ground like a greased shadow. Its yellow eyes give off a faint light in the gloom…
Twerp's Revenge
Twerp yelped like an umpire’s OUT! as the purple alien flung him through the air by his tongue wrapped feet. Flailing around to face the creature’s bulging…
Twerp’s Big Surprise
“Sorry, I’m late gu-uhh...” Twerp’s jaw dropped with a thud, along with his favorite scuffed baseball. Being tardy for practice again today turned out to be…
Closet
There is a child, staring endlessly at his closet; he is terrified of what he thinks might be inside. The child’s father walks into the room and asks the child…
Green Castle Circle II
The girl stumbled in the dark, throwing out a hand to a pile of black bags to steady herself, spilling rubbish over herself and the already filthy street…
Talking it out
“Now,” I address the demon laying on the ground, “Can we talk this out like civilized creatures?” She continues to swear at me in long-forgotten languages. Her…
Never headbutt a demon
One chance. I ram my head into demon girl’s face. Pain jets from the impact point straight through my entire skull. Never headbutt a demon, my brain screams…
The nightmare of the real
A person’s first reaction on awakening from a blow to the head is usually to vomit. This fact occurs to me as the scrambled eggs and crisp bacon I had not an…
In my nightmares
In my nightmares I am pursued by an endless stream of dark things down an endless alley. The dank, musty walls seem to close in on me, threatening my very…
In love with London
I used to be in love with London. Certainly it possesses an outward beauty. In the intervening years since I arrived here, I’ve seen beneath that beauty. It…
Out of cigarettes
The silhouette of the girl moves quickly down the alley toward me. I can’t make out her features, except for the creepy yellow eyes. I hate those. She stops…
Green Castle Circle
I stand under the dirty brick Victorian façade that hangs over the narrow lane. Blank, greasy windows, like spider eyes stare myopically down, as though the…