When a teenage girl finds herself being chased through the woods at night, all she can do is run. Camila and Daisy have just been married, and they pray that this is the thing that unites their family. Just one problem... Matina, Camila's daughter, hates Daisy, and when a simple wedding leads to wine everywhere, Matina runs into the forest alone at night. Little does she know... She's not alone. Can everything be saved with a Christmas miracle and a few tears or is this just too big a mess to be fixed?

A VERY short story! WC; 998 words. I wrote this for a writing competition(winners have not been announced yet) and I decided to publish it. It is a pretty good short story and I am proud of it! Enjoy!...

Summoning demons is fun, but The Midnight Man is a spirit NOT to be messed with. It's Jake's last night with Colby, Katrina and Sam, so Sam decides to play a fun, but dangerous game. Sam is basically a Pro at summoning demons, but The Midnight Man is dangerous. The Midnight Man kills with no mercy, and strikes fear into the souls of everyone who reads his terrifying story. Will they be brave enough to believe? Will they make it out alive? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This book is marked as 'mature' because of violence and graphic/ descriptive murder scenes. If you do not like reading things like this, this book is not for you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Gemma Goodin Cover design: Gemma Goodin Edited by: Ciara Spencer ----------------------------------------------------------------- Highest rankings: #3 in unexplainable #4 in ghost #6 in paranormal --------------------------------------------------------------- I don't recommend doing this ritual, but if you want to here is a website with the rules: https://theghostinmymachine.com/2014/03/31/the-most-dangerous-games-the-midnight-game/

This is BASED on a true story that happened in 1912. A ruthless killer, an axe, a house of sleeping children, a crime. The Villisca axe murderer is a killer with no mercy, and he did it so well, we still don't know who he is. This story strikes fear into whoever reads it.