I've always been drawn to revenge stories, to a character who does a stupid thing, and they don't mean for it to go wrong, but it does. (Of course it does.) My fascination likely originated with a traumatic event that occurred when I was ten years old. I share about it in the Exhuming the …
Tag: horror
Meet my debut thriller, Spiked
Since I was eighteen years old, I wanted to put a book into the world. Just a few years have passed (cough, cough), but I'm delighted to say it's happening on November 5, 2023! Go ahead, judge my book by this exceptional, dare I say gorgeous, cover designed by Creative Paramita. Spiked has been described …
MTO Karen Pattee
Credit: Jason Dent The steel elevator doors yawned open to reveal a dozen or so grim-faced people who dared me to wedge myself into the already-packed car. Don't, said their glares. I'm not claustrophobic or anything, but I hesitated. The elevators in the Rosetta Center were notoriously slow. It would be a loooong wait for …
MTO Bob Griffiths
April, 2015. The Boston Marathon. On Bob's race day it was 40 degrees and raining with meaty gusts of wind. I could end this horror story right here, couldn't I? I mean, imagine: Running twenty-six point something miles drenched and cold and getting buffeted by wind. By the time you're running the Boston though, you've …
MTO Jack Marr
The chore of walking Lucy often fell to Jack, the oldest of the Marr kids. He was the only one who could keep a hold of the leash when Lucy used that bionic strength in her Shepherd hind legs to make a mad dash toward a squirrel or a dog or even certain car models. …
MTO Pat Kubec
Credit: Wolfgang Amri Ride horses long enough and you learn to trust them, so when Lord Byron, raised his head and snorted, Pat reined him to a stop. The bridle trail clutched the banks of the Rocky River but occasionally veered into the thickly wooded areas where sunlight could barely slice through the canopy. Pat …
MTO Nitin Lalit
A taxi took Nitin as far as the banana grove. The next leg of his trip was fit only for bicycles and pedestrians and ended at the pale yellow house set into the island's highest peak. The dwelling was battered and filed by the elements and in a surprising state of overwhelm from an invasive …
MTO Vickey Daley
Continued from Colleen Garibotti MTO... Pick-up was proud of his detective work. Now, watching nature-loving suburbanites wasn't just about teeth. It was about figuring out what made them tick. What their dreams were, their hurts, their fears. He had a few regulars he kept tabs on--which was why it was so strange his next adventure …
MTO Gina Tabasso
Gina's baby was sick again. She hated to see any of them sick, but Prince Caspian--shortened to Princey--held a special place in her heart. He was her first, a white and grey Turkish Angora named after a character in one of her favorite books. The poor boy coughed and arched his back, trying to get …
MTO Ian Saint
Barefoot, bare-everything, Ian stood on top of the wreckage of the C-117D, his long hair lifted by fingers of wind. The photographer loved the juxtaposition of Ian's Nordic hair against a metallic sky. Because of the coming storm, no other tourists would be climbing all over the cockpit wreckage and getting in the way. The …
KL Griffiths 