The Gift The thing creeped him out. He couldn’t even bring himself to call it a doll. The porcelain face was fractured and peeling and the clothes hung in tattered rags on a body that was spilling saw dust and who knew what else from split seams whenever it was touched or handled. He’d shoved it asContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 2”
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12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day 2: The Gift – by Elizabeth Averay They say it is better to give than receive. But at Christmas we do both. Having the whole family over to my place this year, not only do I have to have the house and garden ready, I need to cook the food, provide drinks, extra rubbishContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day 2: The Gift – by Amber Averay My Uncle Maxie was always the black sheep of the family – he never really fit in, and revelled in it. My parents used to despair that he encouraged me to be unique, and a free thinker, and to own my differences. I laughed at them, becauseContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1
Silent Night by Elizabeth Averay When I was little Christmas was all about presents, food, and more presents, Santa and his reindeer as well as the elves. Now it’s all shopping, making the food, putting up decorations and hiding gifts for the children so they can have a magical Christmas. I tell you, getting olderContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1
Silent Night by Amber Averay My first Christmas in my own place. It was something I’d longed for growing up – never having anything of my own, being shuttled from home to home, bumped from family to family. In the end I stopped trying to create relationships or build a life anywhere, because it seemedContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1
Silent Night The darkness shrouded the window, and the night was impossibly black. She wanted her own place–she craved it even, but being alone for the first time in her life set her on edge. The building she lived in was full of commotion, noise, families all around, but she’d never felt more alone. HerContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 1”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear 2022
Happy Holidays to one and all! It’s amazing how quickly the year is passing and the holidays are upon us. I wanted to post the prompts for this year’s 12 Days of Christmas 2022 Challenge. Please feel free to join in. These prompts don’t have to be about Christmas, I just like how fear replacesContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear 2022”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 12
Sideshow: Part 2 It was a fortnight before I was shown where The Half-Born was kept. I needed to earn the right to care for the prized “Freak”. I barely glimpsed him through the bars as I slid his meager rations under the door. He didn’t look up or make any move to speak toContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 12”
12 Days of Christmas…Day 11
The Sideshow: Part 1 I pushed back the canvas flap and entered the dimly lit tent – invisible to their eyes. The grizzled ticket taker was asleep at his podium. My eyesight was keen even in the low light. Chains rattled behind the faded curtain. The perverse MC swept onto the stage and bowed. “LadiesContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Day 11”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 10
What If “We’re out here, now what, Jewel?” Lark said. The tension in her voice was palpable, but I held up my hand to stall any further complaint. “Give me a minute. I have to think,” I said. Her lips puckered into a grimace, but Lark stayed silent. The moons were hidden behind the clouds,Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 10”
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