by Russ Thompson | Mar 13, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
PICTURE DAY BLUES by John Boden “Smile” says the lady behind the camera, all too red lips and big hair. Sandra smiles, the fake one she keeps for times like these. She straightens her posture, spine popping quietly. “That’s good. Now, chin up a...
by Russ Thompson | Mar 11, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
Cleanliness is Next to Deadliness by Laurel Manning Do you believe that you can create your own fate? I always believed I would die in the shower and every time I stepped in I feared the inevitable. Yesterday I didn’t bother showering so today I must. The hairs on...
by Russ Thompson | Mar 9, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
Libby by A.R. Thomas Libby, his wife, was the first, but she wasn’t the last. She’d been turned. He saw her after the attack, shuffling along with the rest of them. His other two companions had been luckier. They had died, and he made sure they...
by Russ Thompson | Mar 7, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
Family Business by Noel Osualdini Two policemen at the door. I wipe a spatter of blood from the glass. First cop, accusingly: “Haven’t seen your wife around for a while, John.” “At her mother’s,” I reply. I nudge a cold forelimb out of sight. “And your kids?” The hum...
by Russ Thompson | Mar 6, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
SILENT BUT DEADLY By Craig Peterson The simple truth was that he killed her. How? He didn’t know. They fought. It was bad. Ugly accusations flew freely from them both. None could be proven but believed just the same. Things escalated as did the wishes for the...
by Russ Thompson | Mar 5, 2014 | Horror in a Hundred
COLD by Mary Genevieve Fortier The room cold, blind in it’s darkness. Paralyzed by fear. No, something more. So cold. Sounds; faint, distant, deep within the dark. So cold. Strapped? Bound? Sealed! No, something more. So cold. Scratching, muffled scuffling,...
