Teagan, a foul-mouthed, rock enthusiast, and her boyfriend find themselves hungover, struggling to remember the night before, and unable to reach their friends. But as flashes of the previous evening bubble to the surface, Teagan begins to suspect that something may be very, very wrong. *** 1st Place - Short Story - T...
Dane Alden was a photo journalist whose livelihood depended upon tragedy; yet he wasn't prepared for that tragedy to meet so close to home. Then, one summer on assignment in Baghdad, he met Ellen Veers and his life would never be the same. Now years later, her photograph haunts him, a spot, The Spot, slowly growing wi...
Izzy never feared anything. She lived in a world without boogeymen or closet monsters - a world in which nothing was accepted as truth until it could be seen. When her parents install nightlights for her little brother, everything changes, and overnight Izzy comes to know fear for the first time.
Kyle Ingham, a father grieved by the death of his daughter, will do anything to speak with her again. Anita Shaw only wants to bring peace to those that cannot let go. When their paths cross their journey will bring them to a cemetery in the middle of the night, each with their own plans. *** Winner - 1st Place - Horr...
After John's son, Nicholas, witnesses a traumatic event and begins overeating, John must find a way to help him move past the trauma and return to his former self. Only there is much more at risk than John knows, and underneath it all brews a dangerous hunger that cannot be sated.
Sean Garrett had a secret, a secret that he had never told another living soul; but now, in a Los Angeles dive bar, he comes face-to-face with a childhood horror that has plagued him for twenty-two years. It is time for Sean to face the truth and find out what really happened on that afternoon so many years ago. ***...
Bethany Taylor was forbidden from looking in the mirror or looking at her reflection at all. She couldn't even leave the farm. She lived a friendless, isolated life, longing for something more. And something more waited... just on the other side of the mirror.
David Li simply wanted to create a name for himself, to paint a brighter future. He never imagined that a chance encounter would propel him down a much darker path, one that would entangle him in a game of life and death broadcasting over generations. UPDATE: For those who enjoyed this work when I originally posted th...
Mr. Nelson Pugh suffers from crippling anxiety, which is only exacerbated when he travels. So when on his latest business trip he receives an unusual series of calls from his wife, Eleanor, his anxiety gets the best of him. At first, giving in to his own self-doubt, he attempts to cast aside his growing fears as anoth...