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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came off in thick, hot layers, peeling, and I helped it,<br />
digging my fingers into it and pulling. It didn’t hurt,<br />
not much, when my wings came out of my back,<br />
erupting, smacking off waves of blood as I straightened<br />
them out, and flapping them around. My claws<br />
and teeth came in quickly, inches long, sharp, and jagged.<br />
I think one of the men realized what I was doing,<br />
transforming, and he turned to stop me, but by then it<br />
was too late.<br />
I flew on top of him, and my teeth did their<br />
work. His nose came off with ease, and I shredded<br />
his throat with my talons, digging in, spreading his<br />
thin flesh with ease, ripping and tearing. <strong>The</strong> others<br />
came, one with the knife, and he may have cut me,<br />
but my exo-skeleton was so thick at this point, they<br />
didn’t stand a chance. I got another down, going for<br />
his eyes, just like they had done with Stephanie, and<br />
they popped when my talons struck them. I was coated<br />
with blood, my own, theirs, so hot, so sticky. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
were screaming now, and one managed to run away. If<br />
there was more than the two, they must have run.<br />
By the time my Daddy got home, it all seemed<br />
a blur. Susan was scared of me, but I don’t blame her.<br />
What I began that night, a thing of claws, wings and<br />
fangs, wasn’t natural. She screamed after I untied her,<br />
and refused to come near to me. That night, I ran into<br />
the dark, and slept in the fields, the dirt sticking to<br />
the blood. <strong>The</strong> transformation reversed that night as<br />
I slept, and I awoke the next morning, once again a<br />
girl, once again a human. He came in, and I met him<br />
in the drive. He seemed confused, but once I showed<br />
him the inside, what had happened, what I had done to