This is where the story-line for most horror stories originate for me… Earlier this morning… It was their dog that first alerted Tom that there was something moving about in the front of their home. He had been in a dead-sleep when he heard the low and guttural growl of his German Short Hair as…

My ass has been dragging all day following a night spent bathing my liver in Cuervo in honor of Cinco de Mayo. I’m nearly 60-years-old and I jus’ realized that I had never ever, even once, celebrated the Battle of Puebla. Even though I woke up on the couch, still dressed, I got up and…

The mass of devotees doxolized the antediluvian chant, “…and in the mighty glory of…” “STOP IT NOW!” rumbled the primordial being, with vigorous disgust. “Dark One?” questioned the acolyte. “LET US CUT TOO THE CHASE.” “Pardon?” “ALL OF THIS IS NONSENSE.” “But the ancient liturgy?” “FORGET IT!” “But…” “AM I NOT THE ALL-POWERFUL DARK ONE?”…

The department store was filled with shoppers, even though Christmas 2008 had passed only today’s before. James was there like everyone else, searching the aisles and racks for hidden bargains. He stepped onto the escalator, ascending towards the second floor when he felt a peculiar and sudden shift in the atmosphere. James looked around and…

the shaft dark but for lantern light silent but for the sound of the pick and his own ragged breath he wipes the sweat from his eyes with dirty hand and swings again chipping away at the plausible one rock at a time looking for the gleam of possibility oh, the bits of taste honey…

Those aren’t Murder Hornets, they’re generation one Tracker Jackers from the Hunger Games, better have your mask handy.

After 49-days of self-isolation, I miss people, places and things. Nouns. I miss nouns.

A rancher I know used his stimulus check to buy baby chickens. So in essence, he got his money for nothing and his chicks for free.

More than a bit of a geek, David had a skill of being able to recall jus’ the right something even when under immense pressure. Such was the night that he and a couple of friends entered the old mansion to do some ghost detecting. Unfortunately for David, it wasn’t a ghost they discovered, but…

Jim made Alice a beautiful dinner, hiding a large diamond engagement ring inside one of his magnificent crescent rolls, but before he could propose, she swallowed it. They rushed to emergency room. After spending the entire night, the doctor delivered the bad news, “We did everything we could Jim, but her answer is no.” Jim…