The Making of A Sinister Six – #2 I’m Watching You

Last time I talked about the thinking behind Die, Blossom, Bloom. This week it's the turn of I'm Watching You, as the next of the stories in A Sinister Six. The inspiration for this story, came from two completely separate sources.  The first was a short story I read by Stephen King. It was called The Moving …

Six Word Horror

Can you come up with something chilling in just 6 words? Here are my attempts this week: The Zombies were his least concern Sometime running is all you've got. The Photo had gained another face. The universe's last light winked out. My question to you: Can you do better? Let me know below. Bonus: Boris …

Best Stephen King Short Stories (Audio) For Halloween

Happy Halloween for those of you celebrating. the fears around the pandemic and lockdown restrictions means that there are probably going to be no children trick or treating this year, but that doesn't mean you don't have to avoid the spooky feeling yourself. I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks over the last few …

Three Line Tales: Experiment Successful

photo by Les Anderson via Unsplash For a moment, the world seemed ephemeral, like it would revert to normal with the next blink of her eye. Strange, because everything seemed so normal, so mundane; people were shopping; others were working, just like where she’d come from. It took her several minutes to remember that only moments earlier …

Serial Saturday [Horror]: A Snap Of The Fingers #9

Last week I left you on a bit of a cliff-hanger. Our protagonist, ten-year-old SETH ROGERS, had been tasked with killing the body presented to him by the stranger known as RED. Turns out, the body is a sleeping man - his dad. Red finished las time hurrying Seth to make a decision pn killing …

OPEN SUBMISSIONS: The Sirens Call – issue 45 ‘Distant Screams’ | #Horror #OpenCall #ReprintsWelcome #fiction @Sirens_Call

OPEN SUBMISSIONS: The Sirens Call – issue 45 ‘Distant Screams’ | #Horror #OpenCall #ReprintsWelcome #fiction @Sirens_Call https://firefly465.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/open-submissions-the-sirens-call-issue-45-distant-screams-horror-opencall-reprintswelcome-fiction-sirens_call/ — Read on firefly465.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/open-submissions-the-sirens-call-issue-45-distant-screams-horror-opencall-reprintswelcome-fiction-sirens_call/

Serial Saturday [Horror]: A Snap Of The Fingers #8

Saturday again, and another episode in the hideous life of SETH ROGERS, from my horror short story, Serial. Last time, Seth received a visit from the strange man, RED, who had turned up at Seth's house with an unconscious body in tow, a sack over its head. Seth wasn't sure he could go through with …

Road To A [Horror] Comic: Week 7-8

The end of week 8 on this road I have chosen towards the production of a comic version of one of my short stories. What Have I Learned So Far? Not everyone is interested - these posts are not doing particularly well. So why am I continuing with them? Well I came to the conclusion …

Serial Saturday [Horror]: A Snap Of The Fingers #7

Time for another instalment of my horror story A Snap of the Fingers. It's good to get back to something that I've still got after the disastrous week I've had with my other work, and this is one of my favourites. Last Time, SETH ROGERS, had returned home after killing a homeless man, to find …

Road to a [Horror] Comic: Week 6-7

I have to admit to a slow week this week. I had quite a setback (read destroyed) when the choose your own adventure book I was writing was lost. Totally and utterly. I was literally on the last fifty words the other night, but when I came back in the morning, it was gone... Its …