The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 8: Mr. Tricks (Part Two)
Last story of 2022. The last one will always have to be about Halloween. We check in on a recurring character from 2020. (Read Mr....
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 7: Horror on the Douro
Abilio, nicknamed “O”, a staff member on the cruise ship, discovered the severed foot in the pool. The Amelia Rodrigues, a beautiful new...
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 6: A Writer’s Craft
This serial killer is so obvious, Preston thought. So typical. A stereotype. The black clothes, face mask, gloves. The thick piano...
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 5: Silent Snow -The Three Peaks of Lavaredo
Annie hammered her nearly frozen fist on the large metal door, the sound muffled by her climbing glove within her ski mitten. She...
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 4: Black Squirrel
I see the black squirrel. I see it sitting there right now. It’s there on the front porch railing. Looking right at me. Right at me! And...
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 3: Seeing Through the Dark
Roger didn’t sleep well that first evening it all began. His glance at the bedside clock told him the time exactly. 2:17. He moaned and...
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 2: Halloween Calls
“Dude, you can’t do this kind of shit. It’s too crazy. It’s way over the top.” “Relax, Randy, you know it’s all part of the fun. It’s...
The Halloween Project 2021 - Story 8: Kenoza Kills
So ends Year #5 of the Halloween Project. Not quite ten stories, but many more are squirming around my brain. Kill – (def.) – a body of...
The Halloween Project 2021 - Story 7: Hear Me Out
This story is based on a true, existing condition. Did you ever hear something in background noise? A voice? A melodic line? A...,...
The Halloween Project 2021 - Story 6: My Cross to Bear
Who do you trust? What's the criteria for believing in someone? How are people lost? Bobby Wilcox, even as an eleven year old, knew...