Afraid of the Dark

[pepperlandgirl]

A new story entry has been added:

Afraid of the Dark

Emily stared in the darkness, ears straining to pick out the sound that must have woke her. Behind her, Tony rolled to his side and draped his arm over her waist and pulled her closer. She didn

[Baldwin]

Interesting. The last line is the best part of the piece; that actually brought up thoughts that gave me goosebumps. Really important to have a strong finish, in a story like this.

Hey, and who did that illustration? Nice!

[pepperlandgirl]

Thanks. I don't know who did the illustration. I just did a search for "demons" and tried to find an image that didn't look hokey!

[hatesfreedom]

Not a bad story. The historian in me wants

“I think you should be telling me what the fuck is going on,” Tony snapped, his anger a common response to her demands.

to be changed to:

"“I think you should be telling me what the fuck is going on,” Tony snapped


Cause I'll never care if it's the common expected response, who gives a shit. It's a response. Me shooting Myrnalene in the head for being a zombie might be the common ordinary response but what I just did is I actually just shot her in the head. Ok. I'm oft. You're all gay and play bingo.

[pepperlandgirl]

Well, hates, when you're right, you're right. I agree that that line should have been edited out (or not written in the first place).

[Nrblex]

Ugh. Criminy, you people need to stop posting scary shit and forcing me to read it in the middle of the night.