Vinnie convinced Sam to sleep in the backseat of the car, swearing to watch over him through the night. The ghost did that, and Sam felt safer than he had in all his time in the woods. The next morning Sam, well rested for a change, was happy to find the ghost still there in […]

Sam Dennis spent weeks alone in the woods. His thoughts never left his butchered family, their remains still in that clearing. By day he meandered about in a haze, never straying far from the clearing. He found the family car. The cultists had pushed it into the woods so it couldn’t be seen from the […]

Walt Dennis reluctantly swam back to consciousness. The pain had not lessened. He found he couldn’t open his left eye. Something, a rag perhaps, was stuffed into his mouth. He was lying on his back on a stone slab in a clearing in the woods. It was well past midnight. He tried to move, but […]

For as long as we can remember, the Troll lived under the bridge. Every day he’d just relax and take it easy. When he was hungry, he’d just sit by the river and catch fish. Fish for breakfast, for lunch, for supper, it was all so easy. It was a pretty pleasant life for the […]

Captain Chivalry stood on a rooftop. People on the street below looked up. Mothers whispered to their children, “He saved the city,” “He stopped the explosion,” “He fought the aliens.” The children didn’t understand; such threats were unimportant to them. One man thanked God that the Captain was there to save the day whenever trouble […]