Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

A note from Horrified's editor
A war m, festive w elcome to Hor r ified's ver y fir st collection of
hor r or tales.
Now , if this digital book comes as something of a sur pr ise to
you, imagine how Hor r ified's fiction editor , John Clewar th, felt
w hen he saw one of my 'inspir ed' tw eets that stated w e'd be
pr oducing a book of 10 stor ies in the manner of the BBC's A
Ghost Stor y for Chr istmas.
Then consider how astonished he was w hen submissions began
r olling in and it quickly became clear he'd have r ather mor e
than 10 stor ies to choose fr om. The poor chap was then faced
w ith the consider able task of not only editing ever y stor y but
deciding w hich w ould make the final 10 (or 16 as it had by then
gr ow n to). All the w hile, he was still r eview ing and editing new
fiction submissions for the w ebsite. Oh, and did I mention he
had to pull ever ything together w ithin a matter of thr ee w eeks?
Apologies, John. I pr omise to mention my hair -br ained ideas to
you fir st in futur e. I think you secr etly loved ever y minute,
though!
As you'll discover for your self, the stor ies featur ed w ithin these
pages ar e a w onder ful blend of unsettling, spine-tingling,
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