Stephenkinginspired Stories

His life is boring, but it all changed in a night with a beautiful moon and shiny stars.

Based in the fictional small town of David's Creek, this short story follows a man named Philip Koonit, and the odd night he wakes up to after a Christmas party. Written by me, I give you: The Mound.

The day it began was cold, much too cold for a normal January evening.

Four friends set out on an unplanned getaway, expecting nothing more than a carefree escape. At first, everything feels ordinary-until they stumble into a bewildering display of supernatural intervention. What begins as a harmless curiosity slowly twists into a series of mysterious, unexplainable events that pull them deeper into something far beyond their understanding.

The small town of Deming has a secret. Every year, for thirteen years, a body shows up mangled, with no explanation, in town square. The police state that the attacks are done by a wild beast; the real reason is never declared. In October 1987, there were seventeen missing cases within the short span of two weeks. Eight of the missing people showed up seven years later without any memory. Slowly they begun to recover their memory. The surviving eight ended up missing before fully recovering. It is now the year 2000, and weird things have been happening to eight strangers. Their world becomes turned upside down. What is happening to them? Who are they seeing? Most importantly how are the original eight involved?

This is a Stephen King inspired short story. Most of my approaches at stories before this were black comedy, and I guess you could say I wanted to try something new. Try not to be too judgey, as this is my first horror/drama. I plan to write more stories like this in the future, as well as the comedies I've been writing.