Short Stories
©2008 Deborah Krider
Wasteland
Two couples out for a relaxing boat excursion on Black Snake River. Unmapped and not traveled by others they find themselves alone with the water and wilderness around them. But good times come to an abrupt end when their Bayliner runs aground and they find themselves lost in the woods trying to find help. Their situation worsens when they realize they are not alone. Something is after them. And as day makes way for night, and the terror of their surroundings makes itself known, it becomes a fight for their very lives.
Eternal
Ethan Ennis is the school joke. The one the bullies seek out to hurt and humiliate. Between his name and his nerdy, lanky appearance, the bullies have a lot of material to work with. That is until Zack is transferred from another school. Although the only Goth with his dark clothing, black hair and painted nails, and white skin, the bullies leave Zack alone. And once Ethan gets to know him, he understands why. Zack opens a new world to Ethan. A world of power and control. A world where Ethan can be the bully if he chooses. But it doesn't come without a price.
Supernatural
Angela Bartell is special. The circumstances surrounding her birth confirm this in the mind of her great, great grandmother who is mystic and with whom Angela shares her gifts. As she grows from a baby to a toddler to a little girl, these talents or curses develop greater than ever imagined. As her parents search for the meaning and purpose they learn more than they want to know and risk losing their daughter to a dark force that has been bent on revenge for an eternity.
Believer
Charles Rowe knew his wife was having an affair. The suspicions that had floated around his mind the last three months were now confirmed by the photos his hired P.I. had shot. Knowing his greedy wife will take him for all he has in a divorce, he contrives a way to get her out of the picture without arousing suspicions. But his fiendish plot could double-back on him and cast his body and soul in an eternal terror far worse than any hell imagined.