“Once upon a time…”
“BORring!”
“You asked for a scary story. As I am the storyteller, I can start the story however I wish.”
“I want vampires.”
“What if I don’t want to tell a story about vampires?”
“It doesn’t have to be about vampires. I just want’em in the story. ‘kay?”
“Watch that tone or I’ll clobber [...]

A fictional, little story of someone hurting…
Holes.
No. Not holes, but gaps.
Irregular, undulating. There one minute, gone the next.
I’ve realized that there’s so much that I am missing and I have no idea where to find it. I could easily look everywhere, under this, over that, but what am I looking for? [...]

They told us to be afraid of the dark. We boarded up the windows and blankets, too, to capture the cracks. For awhile we burned candles within our house, but even that bit of light was too much.
All up and down the street the darkness of night settled down around our houses, the [...]

The sun went down rapidly, leaving behind a glaring trail of crimson in the black sky. Grey clouds rolled overhead, heralding the beginning of a storm. Although the time was yet early, the streets had been quiet for almost an hour. The only sign of life came from the weak, yellow lights in the homes [...]

I’ve always been watching. If not through a window, then through the eyes of my soul. Watching as each day goes by. And when the darkness would fall, my dreams would continue for me.
What have you been watching?
Him.
Your next door neighbor…. Charles Wilson?
Charles Emmett Wilson, with two t’s. No. Not [...]

The bucket from the well was filled to the brim with the silver water. As Jonathan dipped his hand into the liquid, the surface rippled, sparkled and reflected the colors of the surrounding forest. His lips touched the water; it was refreshing, icy and pure. This time he dipped his hands for [...]