Jacob Marsh

Part 4 – Meat and Potatoes

Kat agrees to meet her aunt for a last minute brunch. Surly, she has no reason to be nervous, right?

Part 3 – Dear Staff

Bradley addresses staff concerns with a team email. How long will they believe his well-meaning lies?

Part 2 – Not Everything is a Conspiracy

Sophie inspects the damage down at Crossroads Convenience. What drove Rodney to such a violent act?

It’s blinding. That fluorescent light, shimmering like a dance of petulant electrons. A wave of radiant denial. I can barely see the surrounding store, shelves full of tat and garbage that looks oily beneath that unnatural glow. Rancid trash radiating its putrid stink, slick to the touch and poison in the veins. It’s disgusting. ButContinue reading “Part 1 – The Creep”

31 Days of Dread – Day 2

Afternoon meetings have you feeling like a zombie? Try this energy-boosting routine! Dig at the pain, like claws into earth. Tear out the rot until there is no putrid flesh left. Let the fluorescent glow shine off your slick bones. For more haunting stories, check out: https://www.patreon.com/cw/arcdirective

31 Days of Dread – Day 1

How Horror Writers Use Nostalgia to Haunt You! Looting corpses drives readers crazy. Take it from an expert, familial bones are only half the job. You still need to make them understand… they’re next. For more haunting stories, check out: https://www.patreon.com/cw/arcdirective

31 Days of Dread!

To celebrate Halloween and the release of my new series, I’m doing a writing challenge. 31 Days of Dread! I will post a new piece of flash fiction every day through October, and the theme is twisted Halloween clickbait. Follow to catch these daily stories!

Part 18 – All Red

Kat Tomato sauce splashed as a ladleful fell onto a pale crust. She spread it, suddenly reminded of her own face, and how red it must have been. Kat tried to focus on the task at hand. She had an order of four medium pizzas to get into the large industrial oven, so she didn’tContinue reading “Part 18 – All Red”