The Duplex

Genre: Horror

The barking was driving her crazy!

Yes she loved dogs but this was insane. Putting her hands over her ears, Patty looked around at the animals.

“Just pick one!” Larry said.

“I can’t just pick one! Getting a dog, especially a rescue is a huge commit… oh go and sit in the car Larry. I’m taking my time!” Huffing out of the rescue centre, Larry lit a smoke, regretting coming with her.…

They Came from the Sea…

Genre: Horror

Rob Berzel checked his watch, cursed and pressed the pedal, making the cloud of dust behind him, bigger.

“Damm. Carla is going to be on the warpath” he predicted. It was the third time he was late to fetch Aggie and he was going to hear about it.  Now flying along the coast road, he couldn’t help but enjoy the view.  Wryly he wondered if he would be looking at it through a black eye tomorrow. …

Hell Date…

Genre: Drama

Pulling up to the house, Frankie was concerned. The gate hung askew and the grass grew long enough to hide in if you had to.  “I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt” she decided, getting out to open up.

Frankie had been chatting to Tony for about 6 weeks now, they had met on a “Dates for Divorcees” dating site. It gave the impression of being an upmarket dating site and they had hit if off quickly.  Tony seemed ideal, he owned a house, liked to cook and designed websites for a living. This ticked her boxes. Frankie had always liked creative people, she found them interesting.
Stopping behind an old Peugeot she noticed the paint was peeling off the bumper and the driver’s door was a different color to the rest of the car.  “I wonder whose car this is?” she thought to herself, assuming that Tony’s car was in the closed garage.…