RICK BOYLE “Gross! Don’t be frickin’ sick, you two!” Rick called toward Jay. Watching Jay canoodle with CJ always made Rick feel like he was…
a novel of horror by Dee Emm Elms
CJ SWEET It was a power outage. CJ was sure of that. There was that telltale sound of the electricity going out all around her…
CJ SWEET As the police car reached the end of the dirt road and turned onto Fell-Munch, CJ kept looking between Rick and Jay, and…
CJ SWEET The … raccoon kid,” CJ repeated quietly back to Rick. She immediately thought about the kid she and Jay had seen at Risky’s Pond. …
JAY REDWING “So whaddya think he’s gonna do to Mr. Marsh?” Jay asked CJ. “Be a dick,” came CJ’s simple answer. She reached up to…
MICKEY LADDOW Mickey walked for almost an hour before he stepped off Dog Run Trail near its end; then, he knelt behind the cover of…
MICKEY LADDOW Mickey stuffed the cell phone into his pocket. He’d bought it at Sweet’s Drugs and had paid cash for it. Of course, Mr.…
MICKEY LADDOW The stitches on the cowl and mask were red, crisscrossing in patterns that reminded Mickey of an old train map that had been…
MICKEY LADDOW Mickey’s heavy biker boots made the trip to the willows relatively easy, but slow. The mud got up to his ankles after a…
GUNNY MARSH Gunny kept looking down at his wounded palm, and then toward the sign. His palm was still bleeding, bright red trickles going down…