The Halloween Project 2019 Story 5: Chums
It was the third day of vacation when I first saw the shark. I was standing on the deck of our awesome ninth floor suite in Turks and...
The Halloween Project 2019 Story 4: Good Bones - Part 1
"This house has very good bones!" Charlotte Blaney, the realtor said, "Look at the way it has withstood the test of time." "How old is...
The Halloween Project 2019 Story 3: Hangtime Stall
Let's go to an amusement park. Wait. Let's not. "I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't!" Randy's heart rate blossomed with...
The Halloween Project 2019 Story 2: For the Love of the Hive
The most important living creature on the planet? I recently read - the bee. We all understand instinct, but perhaps there is a hive...
The Halloween Project 2019 Story 1: The Unwelcome Guest
The shadow, quick, low to the ground, and extremely angled, snapped in the corner of Morgan’s eye. A turn of head and torso brought him...
The Halloween Project: Third Ceremony 2019
For the third year in a row I embark on a weird journey of nightmare and stamina. Beginning on October 1st I will write one horror story...
Review: "Elevation" by Stephen King
This very short novel works nicely and falls into a convenient niche in the monolithic writings of King. It appears In this last decade...
Review: "Teaching A Stone to Talk" by Annie Dillard
This rather short compendium of thought-provoking essays was interesting at times but occasionally felt like it wandered away and left me...
Review: "Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales" compiled by Stephen King
This array of horror stories rises high and takes the reader on some incredible journeys. All of them share the same setting - flying....
The Halloween Project 2018 Day 14: Cinque Terror - Vernazza
My final Halloween Project tale for 2018, posted November 1st - All Souls Day. This quintet of stories, although not horror, frame a...