Just a quick note that this is a horror short. The day obscures so much horror from us.The sun, its warmth, the radiance that illuminates the path of life holds a brightness so vivid that we fear to not walk within its safety. I can smell the dried leaves of summer; I can see the … Continue reading Caught by a Sundog
Tag: Horror
Access Memory 0.4
Just a quick note that this is a horror shot RE: Facsimile received on the 8th of July 2005 Hey Tony, me again. Still nothing much on the missing person case, we had a few more interviews with Janet but she was struggling to remember much. We did have to remind her about Haraway a … Continue reading Access Memory 0.4
The Haraway building 0.3
Just a quick note that this is a horror short. *Ring, ring.**Ring, ring....click.* 'Wow, this place is trashed, just look how old these computers are,' Lea laughed as the beam of her torchlight swept across a desk holding nothing more than abandoned circuitry. Jumbled wires and loose paper were scattered throughout the workshop, and it … Continue reading The Haraway building 0.3
A Fax 0.2
Just a quick note that this is a horror story. RE: Facsimile received on the 8th of July 2005 Morning,This case landed on my desk yesterday, so I hoped you could quickly run your eye over it and see if anything jumps out~.On the 6th of July, a Mrs Janet Liu reported a missing persons … Continue reading A Fax 0.2
Clouds that May Linger in the Stillness of Sky 0.1
Quick note: This is a horror short Excerpt from October 2028 software update. Keynote speaker— [Name redacted]--------run-code ##*#y\\ Edited 2030-08-15 “My wife died a few years ago...but now with the cloud she's always with me, just over my shoulder, never sad, never lonely.” Here we sit among the ides of comfort, we are surrounded by … Continue reading Clouds that May Linger in the Stillness of Sky 0.1
Quiet on the River’s Edge
Quick note: This is a horror short There’s a bridge a few minutes from my home that crosses over a small river. Not small enough that it should go without mention but this was the type of river that would be hard to describe if you were ever asked. It was bland in many senses, … Continue reading Quiet on the River’s Edge
A Man Stood on the Corner of York and Thile
Quick note: This is a horror short A man stood on the corner of York and Thile.Backstreets, dappled by stillness on these quiet nights, are not often are filled with the shapes of strangers. Shapes brought to prominence by the hospital white saturation of a solitary street light.The shadow, a man, cut with streaks of darkness, … Continue reading A Man Stood on the Corner of York and Thile
The carpet that didn’t fit
Quick note: This is a horror short It was perfect. That neat rectangle of blended patterns and silken weave hung so perfectly in the store. It seemed to almost call to you on that perfect day, that day so filled with laughter and sunlight.So too the laughed merchant, as he spoke in quick compliments while … Continue reading The carpet that didn’t fit
A short fall…
Quick note: This is a horror short. Sunday. Work on a Sunday was never going to be an enjoyable prospect, but another shouting match with the site foreman if the roof wasn’t ready for tiling tomorrow would have been more unbearable than anything that you could imagine. You’ve felt rushed all day, Mistakes to fix, … Continue reading A short fall…
That which reaches
Quick note: This is a horror short Night darkens my study once again. A crooked lamp of iron and fractured glass looms below the arch of my window and embers quietly against the clutch of night. It’s pole, wrenched to an angle by damage long past, allows the glow of this fragile will o’wisp to … Continue reading That which reaches
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