Day #8: Come Together by Amber Averay The blood is sticky on my hands. Sweat drips into my eyes, trickles down my neck. The heat is oppressive, my head is pulsing. Christmas lights flickering on someone’s tree splash over the dry garden, the only colour on the patches of brown, dead grass. Well, not theContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
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12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #7: Subzero by Elizabeth Averay Finding it bitterly cold in my research tent I grab another blanket to wrap around myself. The generators ran out of fuel last night and we are waiting for the supply ship to bring more as well as other things needed – but mostly fuel. Trent’s hood pokes throughContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #7: Subzero by Amber Averay The world seemed paused in a state of suspended animation. The quiet was eerie, broken only by echoing pings and clicks that passed through the sub at measured intervals. It put Brock in mind of whales communicating, and he wondered why he’d agreed to this. Why he’d accepted theContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #6: All in the Family by Elizabeth Averay Staring out the window from my seat on the family jet I am a mix of both excitement and nerves as the private island that has been in the family for generations comes into view. This is my first time to the island. It has noContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #6: All in the Family by Amber Averay December 25 is always a big family gathering. Everyone begins arriving at Mum and Dad’s between 12 and 1 pm, and Christmas lunch is the full-on, traditional event. Roast turkey, pork, chicken, ham, sauces – cranberry, apple, mint, bread – and the veggies seasoned and coatedContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #5: Many Colours by Elizabeth Averay Alone in the restaurant. Sitting waiting for my family and their partners, knowing they aren’t coming. I have been here for an hour and a half. This was meant to be a celebration. I graduated top of my class from Uni and I was told we would celebrateContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #5: Many Colours by Amber Averay Fill the ground with rotting corpses Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Perish mothers’ sons and daughters Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Feed the soil with blood and tissue Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Flood the earth with bone and sinew Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Who doesn’t love this time of year? The craziness, the frenzy, the absolute chaos – nobody knows what they’reContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #4 – He Is Coming, Part 2 – by Elizabeth Averay Waking to a dim earthen room with no windows or visible doors, I sit up groggily and realise I am not alone. There are eleven others here. I am, by the looks of it, the oldest. Trying to remember how I came toContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #4 – He Is Coming by Amber Averay ‘He sees you when you’re sleeping.’ If that’s not the creepiest thing you’ve ever heard, then there is something seriously wrong with you. Makes me think of someone peeping through your window while you’re undressing, or hiding in your wardrobe and waiting for slumber to claimContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #3 – In the Spirit – Part One by Elizabeth Averay Sitting in the loungeroom of my best friend Kristie’s house, just relaxing and watching movies. We were meant to go out to a party but as I arrived Kristie’s parents drove off, leaving a petulant Kristie standing at the door glowering after theirContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
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