Category: Stories
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Richard Tomey
Pleasure and pain became polarizing points of light in Richard Tomey’s darkness. With nothing else to do, he focused upon them, concentrating his mind on those soft touches, the slaps and the punches; they illuminated his life as much as the voices. And those voices were everywhere. “Why bother locking the door Tony, he ain’t…
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Testament
“Good afternoon, detective,” the uniformed deputy greeted her at the door of the old Victorian manse. “My name’s Joshua Corey. You made good time.” “Lieutenant Joann Walker. I was already up in Pine Valley on another matter,” she replied. “What do we have here?” The uniform led her into the foyer of the elegant old…
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Our Authors
It’s no secret that Threads that Bind is a coalition of authors and artists created to discuss and expound on the dark and chilling story. It should come as no surprise, then, that many of our talented writers have offered short stories for the entertainment of our readers. Today we are inaugurating a new feature…
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Sea Story
This is from an anthology titled Southern Steam, a project of a steampunk writer’s group called Scribblers’ Den, and takes place, as all the stories do, in Port Reprieve, a fictional city on the southeast shore of Mobile Bay. I share this here as a sample of my own writing, but also to serve as…
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CORA’S TREE
Since Halloween is coming (ready or not!) and I’m busy with a real project and a so-far imaginary one (more on that later if it pans out), I thought I’d show y’all a slightly abridged version of one of the Storm Ketchum Tales I wrote (as Garrett Dennis). The Tales are short stories and novellas…
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IN THE DEAD OF DAYLIGHT
If you come around here enough, then you’ve been to Valmar, Delaware and know what awaits you there. But have you been over the bridge to South Jersey? I have. I spent most of my life there. Come on. Let me tell you a story about the Down Jersey Dread… 1992 Jericho Road runs…
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Wrong Turn
A short story by Jack Tyler “Hospitals?” Renato shouted. “I hate hospitals! Don’t even get me started.” “You hate everything,” his older partner countered, taking a pull of the beer I’d bought them. “And not without good reason,” the young Latino declared. “The best place to be if you’re gonna spend time in a hospital…
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Story Structure for Horror Stories: Part One
They say that there are two types of writers: those who plot and those who fly by the seat of their pants. Those who “pants” their stories are probably looking at this title and immediately clicking away. Don’t! It’s ok! There is absolutely no pressure to follow this outline, and this is just one option…
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Horror in the Hundreds: There is no house except THE house
by William J. Jackson GOOD DAY TO YOU. I SEE YOU’VE ONCE AGAIN COME TO DELAWARE FOR A RELAXING SUMMER. THE BEACHES ARE CLOSED. BUT VALMAR IS OPEN. PITY… With passionate regret I purchased the house where Clotilde died. She rested now, immaculate in a lawn that never needed mowing, beneath a stone cross…
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The Indian
Arguably the best short story I’ve ever written, The Indian follows two detectives with very different views of law enforcement as they race to bring down a murdering bank robber who strikes without warning and disappears before anyone can react. It’s a fairly short read at 3300 words, so bookmark it to read over a…
