Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

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A note from Horrified's editorA war m, festive w elcome to Hor r ified's ver y fir st collection ofhor r or tales.Now , if this digital book comes as something of a sur pr ise toyou, imagine how Hor r ified's fiction editor , John Clewar th, feltw hen he saw one of my 'inspir ed' tw eets that stated w e'd bepr oducing a book of 10 stor ies in the manner of the BBC's AGhost Stor y for Chr istmas.Then consider how astonished he was w hen submissions beganr olling in and it quickly became clear he'd have r ather mor ethan 10 stor ies to choose fr om. The poor chap was then facedw ith the consider able task of not only editing ever y stor y butdeciding w hich w ould make the final 10 (or 16 as it had by thengr ow n to). All the w hile, he was still r eview ing and editing newfiction submissions for the w ebsite. Oh, and did I mention hehad 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 toyou 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 thesepages ar e a w onder ful blend of unsettling, spine-tingling,6
ter r ifying and occasionally, quite moving; per fect for a coldw inter 's evening in the r un-up to Chr istmas and beyond.Had ther e been enough space (and time), w e'd have includedmor e but, r est assur ed, any stor ies that didn't quite make it intothis volume w ill still featur e on the Hor r ified w ebsite. Your har dw or k w ill not go to waste. I pr omise.In the meantime, w e dear ly hope you enjoy this collection.We've asked the author s to w r ite a shor t intr oduction to give asense of place and inspir ation w hich you'll find at the star t oftheir stor y. Our w ish is that you discover a new favour itesomew her e w ithin these pages that continues to thr ill, unner veand dow nr ight ter r ify you for year s to come.So, find a quiet place. Dim the lights a little. Pour a glass ofyour pr efer r ed tipple. And pr epar e to be Hor r ified...Jae Pr ow seEditor -in-chiefHor r i f i ed7
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Page 25 and 26: Pointing.Then, a click.The glass do
Page 27 and 28: About the authorWhen he isn?t at th
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neither w ill nor excess enough mon
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?I know about its name, ?The Black
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Denholm appear ed unfazed by Le?Ap?
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pr oceed w ith this ventur e. If th
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?Per haps,? they said w hen pr esse
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w ish this casino to r e-open and t
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said, I am a man of business. So, a
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?What do any of us want Denholm?? C
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They w er e not mer e appar itions
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undiminished. It spr ang fr om the
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this. Le?Ap is in debt to us for a
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w or ds? Will you seek some expensi
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Still, just to be on the safe side,
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He felt something snap as he fell.
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Good- N ightby T he Somnambulist So
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I tuck her into bed, in the spar e
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spilling into his br eakfast. My si
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After br eakfast, I mar ch out the
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headstone, w hile my sister holds a
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and the thing in fr ont of me sags
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Ghosts of Kersal Moorby Ellis ReedV
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I shudder ed.?I don?t think I?d lik
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it was my job to walk Din-Dins, and
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O, unless you are a vicarHell will
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that they w er e happy w ith their
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Now we hide on Kersal Moor?Via, ver
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and the r apid hammer ing r esponse
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closed his eyes against the sun, w
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The chur ch was emer ging now , and
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?Photo album.??Oh my God!? Cassy sq
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joined like cher r ies w ith a stal
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She?d dr eamt of Adam again. He had
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Quercu de Cordibus Vestrisby John C
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then, I ask you, do you w ish to be
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and family, as this stage of the pr
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blur r ed eyes, I could see that it
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"This is the house w her e the par
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fuzzy at the edges with every drink
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"Oh my god," he heard himself say o
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About the authorBased in the heart
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?Do you think you should talk to so
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I was alr eady tir ed of gr appling
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?Alex??I told him I was fine and th
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smear ed w ith r ed. A cold w eight
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He nudged my knee w ith his foot, a
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mushr oom nesting in r ibcage. Inse
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We r eached the end of The Fields a
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thr ough the r ooms, putting on lig
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The war den show ed me to a pile of
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I called for the war den to r etur
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and did not stop until I r eached t
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the cosy blanket of the cottage? op
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?Wher e is it, then?? Simon said, s
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They appr oached the lar ge, pointe
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they mind if she built the fir e up
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?It?s not r eally the done thing to
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them, although she could not see th
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skilfully befor e cocking it r eady
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stomach dr enched in the blood that
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First Footersby Jim Mount fieldI gr
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?Yous?ll be lucky if yous find anyo
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only the bellies of a few r ainclou
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w ir e shopping basket, dr essed in
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betw een those walls festooned w it
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?What do ye mean???Well, after all
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The fur ther -away half ser ved as
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and the w or ktable lay not one pie
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He leapt off the ver anda and char
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T he W ind on the Waterby D avid Pa
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And he?d aim a punch at their heads
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w er e ther e, and he could see the
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Against that, w hat could he do? Wh
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He does love prophesying a misfortu
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