The Horneby Ghost

Intro. There are legends about the manor on the hill, many of them. Stories whispered by children to their friends, after sprinting past it's arching gates and feeling a deep chill take hold in their spines. Tales muttered by...

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Aldamere I.

_ **ALDAMERE** _ **I._Vacant Vagrance_** **II.** **III.** **IV.** 1. It was birdsong that woke him, but that was nothing new. Most sunny mornings the town was stirred awake with such rhapsodic tones, flowing from the house next door. The people...

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Scopes of War

1. The cracked door slowly creaked open. Small flecks of sandblasted paint fell to the floor like snow, speckling it with faded hues of purple. Brian peeked through the opening, pistol trained forward, checking his left, then his right, and behind the...

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Holly Jollies

"No, not there." "Why not? It looks fine." "No, It looks lopsided." "It looks _fine._" "That's because you're standing next to it. Come on man, just move it over a little." "Don't "Come on man" me, _man_, I'm decorating _your_tree because you're...

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Cold New World

_Prologue._ There is a color, a unique one, that things transition into when they get cold. Not chilled, but truly frigid. The color objects gain before the frost starts to form and shine on top of them. It is a strange, ethereal blue that hovers...

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Bottle Rockets.

**1.** The intersection of Cliff Street and Route Seventeen was an eyesore. It always had been, even before the sleek black asphalt had been laid by the government years ago. It was an ugly road, and everyone _knew_it was an ugly road. The turn onto...

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Heatwave

**Heatwave** 1. "... was a favorite of mine back in the eighties, so glad to see it back in the top forty of today. But enough about me, I'm sure you all want that Y.I.F. weather update from Dan the weather man. What have you got for us, Mr....

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