Alternate Ending for “Black Water Night.” I’d recommend reading that first :). (Click here) Either way, please enjoy! *** Hours later… In the shallows, my legs shook beneath me as I struggled to remain upright. The cold breeze cutting through my dripping clothes, I saw nothing but shades in the …
The ink-black depths stirred beneath the moonless sky. Agitated; expectant; the stars’ warped and oozing reflection, glinted up at the searcher as his little outboard crept across the rippling, liquid night beneath him—lidless eyes staring in silence. The man shivered as he scanned his waterproof flashlight across the starboard bow. …
Prefer to download and print this story? Click here. Otherwise, enjoy! The antique clock chimed on my manager’s desk. It was running slow. Why that man kept an old wooden clock was beyond me. Everything else in his office was modern, severe, and cold. Even the manager himself was a …
Prefer to download and print this story? Click here. Otherwise, enjoy! The darkness stares like death’s dilated pupils, encroaching on the keep. A sudden scar of lightning tears the night’s sutures, before being overrun in darkness once again. Nothing can hold this darkness at bay. Inside, the king relights a …
