"True Love...Never Dies"
Everything went to complete shit on Halloween night. At least that's what most people who are still "human" would say.But not me because that's the night that fate opened up its door and gave me the woman of my dreams....
"Have you ever had a recurring nightmare?"
She disliked her name, Elvira, up until just recently. She always went by Elle, which helped her to avoid the references to the Oak Ridge Boys. Her parents named her after the character Elvira, Mistress of the dark. Tonight, she...
"The myths come to life."
She gazed out through the raindrop dappled glass doors. There had been a harsh, thunderous rainfall last night. The web appeared intact, at least partially. The spider was still and unmoving. The golden patterned arachnid must have been slowly moving up...
Shadows danced and morphed on the grey brick walls, a variety of mosses, mold, and mildew growing in between some of the bricks, dank water leaking and dripping, following the patterns of the brickwork from the top of the wall,...
"South of the equator Halloween falls in spring"
The wedding invitation, blood-red script on black, didn’t surprise. However, the time and place did pique my curiosity. Aza and Harri’s wedding was precisely timed, six minutes past eleven on Halloween in the Terminus Chapel at Rookwood cemetery.Now Rookwood wasn’t...
"Love born under a full moon."
“I got it!” George shouted through the tiny flat to his new bride, Nina.In January 1982 the University of Hawai’i signed off a plan to support the continued development of scientific facilities at the site. They wanted someone neutral to...
"Two letters from the private archive of Abraham van Helsing"
First Letter, dated 12 February 18-- From Emily M-------d To Lady Cassandra B---------n My dearest Cassandra, I fear it is over a week since I last put pen to paper, and indeed I cannot tell when you will receive this...
Halloween is upon us. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and goblins are on everyone's mind. It is fun to get jump-scared by these mythical creatures - knowing no harm will really befall you. But, there are some real horrors in our world....
"The horror of the fall festival"
A beautiful October evening. Fall is in the air. My bestie, Erica, and I go to the Fall Festival every year and have since we were kids. We go primarily to eat everything that is deep-fried fried and sweetened. Which...
"Hannah had to know if the carpet matched the drapes.."
"What the fuck are you staring at, bitch?" The strange girl sitting next to me at the bar growled, clearly not happy about my staring at her."Your... um, hair," I choked out nervously. "So what about it?" she said, her tone...
