The Haunted Traveler Vol 1 Issue 2

More documents

Recommendations

Info

12 militia converged on the back corner of the house. There was more musket fire. Men screamed and she smelt the pleasant aroma of gun powder wafting in the warm afternoon air. A stark contrast to the melee erupting behind her house. And then she thought of Hannah. The little girl would be returning from the brook, headed home down a trail toward the back of the homestead. Sarah ran to the corner of an outbuilding twenty feet from the fray. She scanned the woods for Hannah. The little girl was standing along the tree line, apparently frozen from the skirmish. Sarah looked and saw militia scattered over the ground. There were two Hessians battling hand to hand with Thomas and a few others in the midst of the fallen bodies. Many of them hacked apart so badly portions of their limbs were dismembered. The Hessians were soiled and their uniforms soaked in the claret stains. Sarah recognized a couple of the wounds. A shudder of trepidation ran through her. *** All gunfire had ceased. The taller Hessian held his bayonet on one hand wielded the butt of his pistol in the other like a serendipitous hammer. Thomas assaulted him with the Cutlass, hacking at the Hessians limbs, legs and shoulders, whenever possible. Jeb and the only remaining soldier wrestled the gaunt faced Hessian to the ground. She heard the sound of pistol fire and the soldier dropped to the ground. Thomas drove the Cutlass into the chest of the tall Hessian. The glossy metallic tip punched through
13 the Hessian’s back. Blood pumped out his chest and back, then the fluid turned clear, like melting ice running through the cleaved openings. Withdrawing the sword, the Hessian’s eyes rolled back in his head, and then he staggered and fell over. The gaunt faced Hessian grinned madly. He picked up a bayonet and rammed it into Jeb’s side before Thomas could come to his aid. As the tracker keeled over, Thomas slashed the hand holding the bayonet. Standing defenseless, the Hessian smirked at Thomas and didn’t try to bolt. They stood eye to eye and everything around them was still. Sarah heard some moaning from the fallen militia but nothing moved. Thomas was poised, tense and erect, waiting for the opportune moment to drive home the death knell. Sarah eased closer to the battle scene, trying to position herself to grab Hannah and flee. She was only ten feet away when Thomas made his move. As the Cutlass arched through the air, the Hessian stepped to evade the blow. The metallic blade hewed into the Hessian’s arm, hacking off a portion of his arm. Stumbling over, the Hessian fell into the carnage. The Cutlass came down again, cleaving into his thigh. Thomas raised his sword to deliver a killing blow, but the Hessian rolled away and then rose from the detritus with an axe in his hand. He wielded the axe quickly and hacked off Thomas’ arm; the sword lopped off with the appendage. The Hessian kicked Thomas to the ground and stood over him grinning. Another blow with the axe
Page 3 and 4: The Haunted Traveler Vol. 1 Issue 2
Page 5 and 6: “We’re too much ourselves. Afra
Page 7 and 8: 5 Desperate Welcome John W. Dennehy
Page 9 and 10: the tall soldier stepped after her.
Page 11 and 12: found a patrol of several colonial
Page 13: edroll. It shimmered in the afterno
Page 17 and 18: 15 Blood Brothers Jessica Curtis Be
Page 19 and 20: weakly gestured with one arm for he
Page 21 and 22: saying instead, “Yeah, okay.” H
Page 23 and 24: 21 costume. “I’m not going to d
Page 25 and 26: 23 Years later, after Tom had been
Page 27 and 28: 25 voice. The brim of a baseball ca
Page 29 and 30: 27 Shoe Collection Angela Maracle N
Page 31 and 32: 29 I Am The Butcher Logan Noble By
Page 33 and 34: 31 like so many other sheep. I watc
Page 35 and 36: her stand, tall now, so very tall.
Page 37 and 38: 35 wife and I. It scares me to thin
Page 39 and 40: 37 being a great father. When she h
Page 41 and 42: 39 things at the end of her abdomen
Page 43 and 44: 41 One of the advantages I realized
Page 45 and 46: 43 funny? It’s less than 5 minute
Page 47 and 48: 45 On Coming Carolyn Adams Three Wi
Page 49 and 50: his words of affection did not mean
Page 51 and 52: 49 and a large knife. She began hea
Page 53 and 54: 51 loquacious, a breath of fresh ai
Page 55 and 56: 53 contaminate his own. He had aske
Page 57 and 58: 55 pulping that hateful face, as he
Page 59 and 60: 57 Gemma climbed from her casket, a
Page 61 and 62: David E. Cowen 59
Page 63 and 64: possibly make more trouble for hims
Page 65 and 66:
“Hello Jane, it’s Iris here dea
Page 67 and 68:
A tiny bow-backed woman dressed in
Page 69 and 70:
67 then fell open, landing with a t
Page 71 and 72:
her head appeared again and the whi
Page 73 and 74:
71 The Ex-Convict and the Theatre D
Page 75 and 76:
“I want this role.” “You were
Page 77 and 78:
75 cold in her scrubs, and as the t
Page 79 and 80:
77 and Doctor Ryans nodded. “Plea
Page 81 and 82:
79 protect Susan, he tried to talk
Page 83 and 84:
81 Hush Little Baby Melissa Osburn
Page 85 and 86:
Something nagged at her, a gnawing
Page 87 and 88:
85 Deidre said, slipping the conten
Page 89 and 90:
87 hollow thud. Deidre approached,
Page 91 and 92:
89 Terms of Service David E. Cowen
Page 93 and 94:
a moment to remember which Elven Lo
Page 95 and 96:
un on his program. ElvenLord4589 S
Page 97 and 98:
95 Hole.> As the heads began to gro
Page 99 and 100:
97 Mouth and Trousers Stephen McQui
Page 101 and 102:
99 ‘It’s not just the fat who a
Page 103 and 104:
101 ‘Jesus, you’re disgusting!
Page 105 and 106:
103 which he had been sitting, at t
Page 107 and 108:
105 life.’ ‘You can’t be seri
Page 109 and 110:
107 chewed and sucked, devoured by
Page 111 and 112:
Our Travelers 109 Carolyn Adams - C
Page 113 and 114:
Stephen McQuiggan - Stephen McQuigg
Page 115 and 116:
numerous anthologies and periodical
Page 117:
115 Spreading Poetry Among the Mass
show all

The Haunted Traveler Vol 1 Issue 2

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?