• The Sweet Water Affliction

    -3 Weeks Later- “Thomas, I’m scared,” Shayna said after the nurse left the room. She was in labor and felt overwhelmed and trapped in her hospital bed. The IV in one wrist and the fetal monitors strapped across her bulging belly confined her to the spot, and she wanted nothing more than to tear them…

  • The Attraction to Horror

    Even at a young age, I was attracted to strange and creepy things. I remember watching The Nightmare on Elm Street way younger than I should have and having a love/hate relationship with it. I couldn’t get enough, but it also gave me nightmares (hehe). What is it about creepy things that keep us coming…

  • Tip Your Delivery Driver

    It was a normal Tuesday when Melissa ordered Taco Bell for a late-night snack. Her roommate, Felicia, popped her head out of her room and her eyes were lit up in anticipation. Melissa laughed and shook her head. “What do you want? The potato taco?” Melissa opened her food delivery app on her phone and…

  • A Scary Movie

    I feel like my Death as a Roommate story will end up in this horror comedy category. So, the obvious choice of movie to link with it is Scary Movie. This movie franchise has its jump scares and twisted scenes, but it is ultimately hilarious. And even though my story probably won’t have many scary…

  • A Girl as Pale as Snow

    Once upon a time, a young girl hid in a cave while monsters ravaged her parent’s house. She’d jumped from her bedroom window and run through the woods when she heard the screams. And now she heard the growls and messy sounds of teeth tearing flesh and she saw the smoke rise from the roof…

  • Nightmare on Elm Street

    My first favorite scary movies to watch and the beginning to my obsession with all things horror. Seemed fitting with this week’s writing exercise. Who else loves these old films?

  • My Nightmare

             The team gathered at the sight of the fire. James carried the boxes and trash bags to the card table Ben had set up. Nancy passed out the goggles, masks, and gloves. Rhonda sat with Ben at the table to pull the large rubber boots over her tennis shoes. I hung back by the…

  • A Nightmare

    This week’s post isn’t exactly from a writing prompt. I read the chapter in Now Write from Mary Shelley and it talked about a nightmare. So, I thought I’d write about a nightmare I had more than once when I was a child. I still think about it from time to time, even though it…

  • Attack at the Museum

                Jessica, Michelle, Steven, and Joel pushed a curtain aside and entered the last room of the museum. The walls curved up into a dome with rafters crossing the open area; the skylight highlighting the red rug in the center. Directly across from them was another curtain with the dull light of the EXIT sign…

  • Lighthouses and Horror

    Love horror and this week had a bit with lighthouse so of course, here’s the Darkness Falls movie trailer for your viewing pleasure.