Tag: short story

• A Deadly Reunion

  Light poured from the open doorway, red neon trickling over wet pavement like blood from an open wound. An arterial thumping pounded inside my head in time to the beat of music that seeped from the party inside. I swallowed. This really wasn’t how I’d envisaged meeting her. But it had to be done. Twenty-five…

  Peter

  March 24, 2025

  short story, Stories, Uncategorized

  short story

• PICKLEBALL ZOMBIES

  Our Thursday blog posts have of late been largely educational in nature, which is a Good Thing. But although I always appreciate them for their relevance, timeliness, and thoughtfulness, I decided to instead opt for a little comic relief this time around. After a hiatus, I got back into playing tennis last year while our…

  Garrett Dennis

  March 20, 2025

  Philosophy of Writing, Stories, The Craft, writer’s block

  monsters, short story, writing fiction

• Daddy’s Little Bird

  The exterior security gate slid shut behind me with its usual finality. I paused between the fences, noticing a hawk circling overhead, its presence serving as an unwanted and grim reminder. Deep within the high-security establishment, locked away, I imagined her head slightly tilted, watching, much like that predatory bird above me. The memory still…

  Peter

  March 10, 2025

  Stories

  horror, murder, psychological, psychological horror, short story, writing fiction

• 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…

  Will Mowass

  August 1, 2024

  Stories

  cosmic horror, horro, horro fans, indie authors, short story, Thursday

• AT THE AUCTION BLOCK FOR RUPTURED SOULS (a Horror In The Hundreds short story)

  [WARNING: While looking for a new story, you chanced upon the quaint shores and fertile pines of Delaware. But the First State and its unique hundreds are not for the feint of heart…] Valmar, Delaware The Creek Motel, Room 17 February 22, 1970           “Torture be more art to them than labor, blood excites their eyes.…

  Will Mowass

  June 17, 2024

  short story, Stories

  horror, Horror In The Hundreds, short story

• HORROR IN THE HUNDREDS: A SCENT OF MAGNETOPHON

  Howdy. It’s that time again. You’ve decided to leave the region you know well in search of a more exotic locale. But you also want something familiar, a singular taste of home situated in a neighborhood not your own. Unfortunately, you chose Valmar, ‘The Gothic Heart Of Delaware,’ as your destination. But while you’re here,…

  Will Mowass

  March 18, 2024

  Uncategorized

  cosmic horror, Delaware, fear, horror, Horror In The Hundreds, short story, story, Valmar

• WILD WAILING IN THE WOOD

  Howdy. Would you like to hear of another tale from the wicked land of Valmar, Delaware? Well then, here you are. Stay aware, and stay safe. SEPTEMBER 10th, 1970           Middle age injected a yearning for the hunting life into me, and so, on the advice of a friend, I purchased a small house in the…

  Will Mowass

  March 4, 2024

  Stories

  cosmic horror, free story, horro, indie authors, short story, Threads That Bind

• PATRONYMIC

  Greetings. It’s Monday, and I have another dark thread to pull for y’all. This came to me on a bright Sunday morning, and I wrote it right away. Please partake, share your thoughts, and enjoy.           I inherited the land on a torrential Tuesday, a sparse acre of unattended, torpored grass and covert woodlands just outside…

  Will Mowass

  February 26, 2024

  cosmic horror, Stories

  cosmic horror, Cthulhu Mythos, horror, hp lovecraft, loecraftian, short story, story

• Crossover Characters

  Ever since I was a kid, my friends and I would play games where we asked what would happen if characters from different fictional universes met. What would happen if Batman met The Green Hornet? What if Captain Kirk and the Doctor from Doctor Who shared an adventure? Who would win if the Predator and…

  David Lee Summers

  August 31, 2023

  History of Horror, Philosophy of Writing, Publishing news, steampunk, The Craft, vampires

  Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, crossovers, L. Frank Baum, Mayfair Witches, Merrick, short story, Stephen King, The Road to Oz, The Shining, Vampire Chronicles, writing fiction

• (Blood) Letting Things Flow

  I started watching Scream again. You probably know the franchise, made famous by Wes Carpenter of Nightmare On Elm Street. The young woman alone at home gets the dread phone call asking, “What’s your favorite scary movie?” Yeah. It was a killer when it first hit, and spawned five sequels plus some spoofs. But I…

  Will Mowass

  April 27, 2023

  Philosophy of Horror

  blood, evil dead, fear, horror, horror movies, indie author, scream, short story, splatterpunk, writing, writing fiction