Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

filthy secr ets and w icked, unnatur al lies. It was ever yw her e, inside and outside, in my
hear t and my mouth and the synapses of my stutter ing head. Smother ing me, dr agging me
into a fr osted sepulchr e of needlebeds, bur ying me under the fr ozen pines.
And fr om the hallway, I hear d the soft, slow echo of hooves.
About the author
Amy Easton is a writer, therapist, researcher and fan of all things horrific. She is
particularly interested in the ways that the horror genre can reflect, subvert and
challenge misogyny and violence against women. She currently lives in the
Midlands, UK with an astronomer and two misanthropic rats, Queenie and
Cordelia.
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