The Haunted Traveler Vol 1 Issue 2
Kick in Halloween with the latest issue of The Haunted Traveler. We opened up and looked for the strangest and the most horrific tales from this universe, bringing them here in a single collection for the readers to get a little twisted. The Haunted Traveler is a horror and science fiction literary anthology that releases twice a year. Published through Weasel Press, the anthology seeks to roam around with the stories you'll never forget. Those dark little tales that are sort of etched in everyone. We love the dark and twisted and we really want to be scared. Check out our website to see when we're open next. The Haunted Traveler is a non-profit, Horror and Science Fiction anthology that accepts a wide variety of art media such as photography, short fiction, creative non-fiction, digital artwork and more.
Kick in Halloween with the latest issue of The Haunted Traveler. We opened up and looked for the strangest and the most horrific tales from this universe, bringing them here in a single collection for the readers to get a little twisted. The Haunted Traveler is a horror and science fiction literary anthology that releases twice a year. Published through Weasel Press, the anthology seeks to roam around with the stories you'll never forget. Those dark little tales that are sort of etched in everyone. We love the dark and twisted and we really want to be scared. Check out our website to see when we're open next. The Haunted Traveler is a non-profit, Horror and Science Fiction anthology that accepts a wide variety of art media such as photography, short fiction, creative non-fiction, digital artwork and more.
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8<br />
daughter wouldn’t come across the bodies. She<br />
stashed them by a woodpile and shoved the top rows<br />
of wood onto them. A hand and boot stuck out from<br />
the split logs. Sarah cinched up her dress with a piece<br />
of torn cloth. <strong>The</strong>n she filled a pail of water from the<br />
brook and returned to the kitchen.<br />
Sarah grabbed a sponge and kneeled down,<br />
carefully washing the floorboards. She thought about<br />
the harsh life that they had lived in the New World.<br />
It was supposed to have been a new start, but bleak<br />
winters and continuous warring made the decision to<br />
leave easy. Her husband with his troubled past was<br />
dead over a year and their daughter needed the safety<br />
of family back in England.<br />
Crimson water trickled through the gaps in<br />
the floor boards. Sarah had done this more than a few<br />
times since settling in the little valley. When they first<br />
came over from England, she had thought the native<br />
people as savages. But with time she grew to appreciate<br />
the customs of the Algonquians. After a few years<br />
of countless strife, she slowly began to adopt some<br />
of their customs. <strong>The</strong> owl feathers hanging from the<br />
beams above the kitchen table gave her comfort.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ship would depart from Boston in a couple<br />
of weeks. Sarah planned to abandon the house and<br />
sell the last cow. <strong>The</strong>y would spend the remaining<br />
few nights in the city before boarding the ship. As she<br />
scrubbed, the pools of spilt blood became less discernible,<br />
and what could not be cleansed away she knew<br />
would soon blend with claret stains of past intruders.<br />
***<br />
Sarah went for another bucket of water and