Day #10: Midwinter Nights by Elizabeth Averay The fire crackling merrily in the old fireplace, a mug of hot chocolate in my hands, and snow falling lightly outside. The street is dark as the power lines are down, otherwise it would be blazing with Christmas lights and figures in every front yard. Sitting by theContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
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12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #10: Midwinter Nights by Amber Averay I wake up in the night, having fallen asleep on the couch while watching television. The heater doesn’t work, so I’m cocooned in a nest of blankets and lap rugs and at first it’s a struggle to wrestle my way free. I immediately regret doing so. It’s cold.Continue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #9: Zealous Anticipation by Elizabeth Averay Swallowing back the pain I gather myself together to try again to find the exit. It’s not easy, as the bloodred warning lights strobe constantly making it hard to focus on anything. Making my way as quietly as possible I limp to a door to see yet anotherContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 9
Zealous Anticipation The veil was thin, and he could wait no longer. He’d been trapped in this place for hundreds–no–thousands of years, and if he had to listen to one more cheery carol he would go mad. He couldn’t even remember how he’d gotten here, but he was certain it was the mistake of hisContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 9”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #9: Zealous Anticipation by Amber Averay The silence is broken only by a hollow gong to mark the passing of the hour. We kneel in rows of five, grey robes puddling about our legs, heads bowed in peaceful reflection. I’ve become so accustomed to this position now that my bones and muscles barely complainContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 8
Come Together Isolation only breeds hate and worry,No one can live like that forever. You need a tribe to succeed,So go out and find one. You never know you’ll need a partner,Or someone to help you hide a body. The blisters on your hands will thank you,When you have someone to share the load. NoContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear: Day 8”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
Day #8: Come Together by Elizabeth Averay Dashing through the snow With a shotgun on my back Over the fields I go With a posse keeping track Pitchforks and torches shine Making nighttime bright Breath puffing from my lungs as I’m fleeing from my plight. Jingle bells Shotgun shells Flying through the night Picking offContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas…Fear”
12 Days of Christmas…Fear
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”
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”
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