LOCKDOWN HORROR #5
Horror stories for LOCKDOWN
Only When I Sleep
by J.W. Garrett
Shana glanced upward. Bits of darkened sky lightened; daybreak wouldn’t be far behind. Her coffin’s comfort wasn’t far. She’d easily make it.
But more than anything, Shana wanted to be a creature of the light. Instead, she lurked in gloom, syphoning from her prey, never to experience the radiance she yearned for deep inside. When she slept, colours of the sun warmed her, seeping through her blackness even though she was shut in tight.
Reaching toward the brightness she craved, Shana waited…
Her blood pulsed as the brilliance took her, and in a burst of flame, she met the dawn.
J.W. Garrett
J.W. Garrett writes YA fantasy from the sunny beaches of Florida. Currently, she is hard at work on the next book in her Realms of Chaos series, releasing summer 2020. When she’s not hanging out with her characters, her favorite activities are reading, running and spending time with family. www.bhcpress.com/Author_JW_Garrett.html
LOCKDOWN HORROR #6
Horror stories for LOCKDOWN
Winter Kiss
by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
Nothing is more beautiful than blood on new-fallen snow.
Lilith scents the air. Her prey’s blood calls to her. Even without the footprints, she could find him anywhere in the forest. Anywhere in the world.
He fires his weapon when he sees her. The exquisite pain is a mere inconvenience. She swoops in and breaks the gun. Then she takes the back of his neck.
His urine-soaked pants steam in the cold.
“All I want is one kiss…”
He lets her—they always do.
After the kiss, she drops his body and smiles. Face pale. Lips red.
Blood on snow.
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt lives on neither coast of the United States, but mostly in a memory palace of his own design. In addition to his appearances in several of Black Hare Press’s Dark Drabbles anthologies, his short fiction has appeared in several print and online venues including Cirsova Magazine and Flame Tree Presses Murder Mayhem anthology. If you enjoyed “Winter Kiss,” the easiest way to let him know is via Twitter: www.twitter.com/haikufictiondju
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Thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk in-depth about my writing. I guess all writers start out on a similar path to some degree and have to overcome self-doubt, especially when it comes to dealing with knock backs and rejections. In the beginning I didn’t plan on becoming a writer, in fact my first love had always been art.
Courage
by Catherine Kenwell
It had been too long. The infernal thirst after the apocalypse had depleted her. There was nothing left.
First, she feasted on the recently deceased; she was fortunate to find bodies, still warm after the blast. But their blood was sick, tainted with poison. It made her feel ill, a malaise she hadn’t felt in hundreds of years.
Could she find the courage and strength?
Was she pure enough of spirit?
She caressed the white oak stake, tracing its length with her long fingers. No more daylight. No lethal sun. No easy way out.
She positioned its tip, and plunged.
Catherine Kenwell
Catherine Kenwell lives in Barrie, Ontario, with her husband and assorted creatures. She is an author, mediator and jewelry designer. After 30 years in corporate communications, Catherine began writing horror and inspirational non-fiction. Her work has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul and several horror anthologies.
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