Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Mary Ann Peden-Coviello @MAPedenCoviello @darc_nina #LoH The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Mercy by Mary Ann Peden-Coviello The hunger awakened him. Not the small hunger that sent him to the alleys and the refuse bins, seeking the small lives – the rats and the occasional cat or dog – to satisfy the insignificant pangs till the time of the big hunger. Yes, this was that hunger, the one that came on him and all his kin only once in a decade, the urge that turned him toward the two-legged prey he needed to fulfill his deepest needs.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Mercy by Mary Ann Peden-Coviello The hunger awakened him. Not the small hunger that sent him to the alleys and the refuse bins, seeking…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kathleen McCluskey @KathleenMcClus4 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Hunger in the Creek by Kathleen McCluskey The thaw came late enough that the woods felt suspended between seasons, the air sharp as bone dust while the creek muttered beneath its lid of ice. Mara followed her brother’s tracks through the snow, noticing how they wavered and dragged. It was as if he was pulled along instead of walking on his own will.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Hunger in the Creek by Kathleen McCluskey The thaw came late enough that the woods felt suspended between seasons, the air sharp as…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kim Richards @Kim_Richards @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! No Witch by Kim Richards Lily, George, and Tom bounded through the newly fallen snow, leaving boot prints in their wake. Their laughter echoed across the dense trees at the far end of the metro park. None of them minded the frigid air. This was a time to tilt their heads back and capture wet snowflakes with their tongues.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kim Richards @Kim_Richards @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! No Witch by Kim Richards Lily, George, and Tom bounded through the newly fallen snow, leaving boot prints in their wake. Their laughter echoed…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Limerence is a Lilac in the Bitter Cold by Amanda Worthington Hairline fracture tempting another migraine The blossom of your brain feels fragile On the verge of breaking at every little thing Fiberoptic nightmare It blinks on and off and back on again Tentative Like power returning after a storm But when there’s still bad weather in the area…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Limerence is a Lilac in the Bitter Cold by Amanda Worthington Hairline fracture tempting another migraine The blossom of your brain…

The Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Marge Simon @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! He Rises by Marge Simon  At the edge of the Event Horizon just ahead of dawn’s fingers, he rises; there is blood on his tongue. A star’s white shadow spills across his sidereal passage, a creature out of time. Already he hungers, insatiable, his mind afire with inhuman desires. .Don’t breathe his dark perfume,

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! He Rises by Marge Simon  At the edge of the Event Horizon just ahead of dawn’s fingers, he rises; there is blood on his tongue. A star’s white shadow…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Alyson Faye @AlysonFaye2 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Ivy by Alyson Faye Beyond the curtain, beyond her web, the trees cluster, ever tighter, the greenery ripples, sighing, whispering of who is coming Snake-like, swollen vines slither and Ivy, oh so lush, her curves a symphony, of damnation and destruction, rises from the mossy divan rested, reborn, and rapacious for the upcoming union.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Ivy by Alyson Faye Beyond the curtain, beyond her web, the trees cluster, ever tighter, the greenery ripples, sighing, whispering of who is…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Sue Renol @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The People in the Painted House by Sue Renol The painting had been on my grandmother’s living room wall since before I was born. I’d even seen it in the background of pictures of my parents when they were little. It was old, definitely older than Grandma, and it always creeped me out.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The People in the Painted House by Sue Renol The painting had been on my grandmother’s living room wall since before I was born. I’d even seen it in the…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Melissa R. Mendelson @melissmendelson @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Ghost of Me by Melissa R. Mendelson I laid in the dark, my body melting into the mattress beneath me. I wanted no part of the world. I didn’t care what was happening outside my door, but the phone never left my hand. And I messaged those I thought were real, but they never filled the empty spaces…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Melissa R. Mendelson @melissmendelson @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Ghost of Me by Melissa R. Mendelson I laid in the dark, my body melting into the mattress beneath me. I wanted no part of the…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kathleen McCluskey @KathleenMcClus4 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Bone Harvest  by Kathleen McCluskey The house in Wraith Hollow was built with local timber - oak that “bled” when it was cut. The carpenters said that the sap ran as red as rust and clung to their hands like syrup. They laughed about it then, wiping their palms on their trousers. Never noticing how their palms slightly blistered after or how their dreams were filled with whispers from the rafters.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kathleen McCluskey @KathleenMcClus4 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Bone Harvest  by Kathleen McCluskey The house in Wraith Hollow was built with local timber - oak that “bled” when it was cut. The…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Elizabeth H. Smith @bethsmithwrites @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! To Rot by Elizabeth H. Smith Decay feeds the soil so what’s above may flourish. The rot and congealing innards of the dead give birth to new life. It’s the cycle demanded by nature and forced upon all who are born, and so eventually, we must die. This is what Ed told himself while he admired his temple of gourds.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Elizabeth H. Smith @bethsmithwrites @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! To Rot by Elizabeth H. Smith Decay feeds the soil so what’s above may flourish. The rot and congealing innards of the dead give birth…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Lynn Ruzzo @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! November Remnant by Lynn Ruzzo Leaves left their homes and joined the masses in the exodus from the trees. They joined together on the street where the old hat lay. People walked past it, seeing, but ignoring it. “Don’t touch it,” they said, “we don’t know where it’s been.” It sat unloved and unwanted, its owner nowhere to be found.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! November Remnant by Lynn Ruzzo Leaves left their homes and joined the masses in the exodus from the trees. They joined together on the street where the old hat…

The Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Marge Simon @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! We Have to Talkby Marge Simon Darling, we have to talk. On this very sofa you proposed. We had marvelous sex right here for the first time, do you remember? Tonight, I found your love letters to her. Little pieces of them litter the carpet. Did you ever come home? Did we fight?

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! We Have to Talkby Marge Simon Darling, we have to talk. On this very sofa you proposed. We had marvelous sex right here for the first time, do you…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Mary Ann Peden-Coviello @MAPedenCoviello @darc_nina #LoH The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Good Bonesby Mary Ann Peden-Coviello The real estate agent drove her two young prospects up to the Victorian two-story with the wide front porch. “Yes, indeed, it’s a bit of a fixer-upper. But the seller’s motivated, and the price is right. The house has what they call ‘good bones,’ for sure.” “You say you’re on your honeymoon?

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Mary Ann Peden-Coviello @MAPedenCoviello @darc_nina #LoH

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Good Bonesby Mary Ann Peden-Coviello The real estate agent drove her two young prospects up to the Victorian two-story with the wide front…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Donna J. W. Munro @DonnaJWMunro @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Gourd Fall by Donna J. W. Munro By rights, the queen of the Fall should have been Sorcha’s, eldest daughter of the Mclau clan. They’d won the spot with their industry, more children, more live goats, more strung fruits, and a field full of gourds as big as her head. The gourds were the thing that ought to have sealed the deal.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Donna J. W. Munro @DonnaJWMunro @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Gourd Fall by Donna J. W. Munro By rights, the queen of the Fall should have been Sorcha’s, eldest daughter of the Mclau clan. They’d…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Elaine Pascale @DocLaney @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Allergen by Elaine Pascale Her throat is swollen with an itch that cannot be scratched. Her face is full of boils that ooze and weep. Her mouth contains sores that are red and pyretic. She feels dizzy, nauseous, clumsy and clammy. She has no regrets. She forces down a potion of bat wings, millipede legs, and frog tongue.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Elaine Pascale @DocLaney @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Allergen by Elaine Pascale Her throat is swollen with an itch that cannot be scratched. Her face is full of boils that ooze and weep. Her mouth…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Mycelium by Amanda Worthington My self is mycelium Infinite, Underground Concealed by the palatable earth above Eager tendrils reaching unseen Seeking the decay that flows rich and sweet From the broken world above These shadows nebula-thick Form the murky walls of my nursery I hunger for the things of the light But I do not contemplate the sun that makes them grow…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Mycelium by Amanda Worthington My self is mycelium Infinite, Underground Concealed by the palatable earth above Eager tendrils…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Alex Grehy @indigodreamers @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! This Creepy House  by Alex Grehy All the creepy creatures come to roost in my dark domain. At close of day the bats fly in and roaches play with millipedes, while spiders thrum their resonant webs to entice a net of juicy flies that dance a frenzied jive; they may escape captivity but arachnid poison means…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Alex Grehy @indigodreamers @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! This Creepy House  by Alex Grehy All the creepy creatures come to roost in my dark domain. At close of day the bats fly in and roaches play…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Tawny McCarty @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Blue Moon Harvestby Tawny McCarty We stacked the hearts in the root cellar, ridged and resting slow, skins the color of old bruises in the hush below the snow. A moon that lost its sky in the place where willows never weep And dust keeps score against its rationed sleep We fed them dark, we fed them ash, we fed them careful names, …

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Tawny McCarty @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Blue Moon Harvestby Tawny McCarty We stacked the hearts in the root cellar, ridged and resting slow, skins the color of old bruises in the hush below the…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Rie Sheridan Rose @RieSheridanRose @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Mad Hat by Rie Sheridan Rose I don’t remember where I came from. I do know my materials are top of the line. Butter-soft Corinthian leather stitched with silk; band braided from leather sourced from Spain and dyed with precious saffron. I am elegance personified as far as hats go. The first owner I remember was an old wise man…I believe they called him a “wizard” as we traveled through the world.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Rie Sheridan Rose @RieSheridanRose @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Mad Hat by Rie Sheridan Rose I don’t remember where I came from. I do know my materials are top of the line. Butter-soft Corinthian…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kathleen McCluskey @KathleenMcClus4 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Stillness   by Kathleen McCluskey The world ended without thunder or flame. It ended in silence, the kind that seeps into your bones and fills every hollow space. No one could say when the sound began to fade. First the distant hum of traffic dulled, then the birds grew mute until finally even the wind forgot how to move.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kathleen McCluskey @KathleenMcClus4 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Stillness   by Kathleen McCluskey The world ended without thunder or flame. It ended in silence, the kind that seeps into your…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kendra Smart @DevourAllWords @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Patient Zero  by Kendra Smart   The screampark was alive as haunt by haunt the lights were flickering with pops and buzzes. The outdoor haunts had thuds and clanks as the relay were activating and bringing the mechanisms to life. All of the string lights over the path lit the ways to fear, and the Main Stage.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Patient Zero  by Kendra Smart   The screampark was alive as haunt by haunt the lights were flickering with pops and buzzes. The outdoor…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Mary Ann Peden-Coviello @MAPedenCoviello @darc_nina #LoH The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Willa Wispby Mary Ann Peden-Coviello We was drunk. No excuse, yeah, but we was. Got thrown outta the bar ’cause Jimmo made some kinda crack about the barmaid’s backside. Well, she shoulda been able t’take a friggin’ joke, shouldn’t she? Was it our fault the half-witted lumberjack tendin’ bar with her was her brother?

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Mary Ann Peden-Coviello @MAPedenCoviello @darc_nina #LoH

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Willa Wispby Mary Ann Peden-Coviello We was drunk. No excuse, yeah, but we was. Got thrown outta the bar ’cause Jimmo made some kinda…

The Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Naching T. Kassa @NachingKassa @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Gentleman Jim by Naching T. Kassa “Over here,” the Reaper said. She motioned toward a trail, lit by jack-o’-lanterns. Gentleman Jim Ford, freshly dead, followed the robed figure through the trees. “Would you mind if I asked a question?” Gentleman Jim asked. “I would not,” the Reaper replied, her voice soulless and hollow.

The Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Naching T. Kassa @NachingKassa @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Gentleman Jim by Naching T. Kassa “Over here,” the Reaper said. She motioned toward a trail, lit by jack-o’-lanterns. Gentleman Jim…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Alex Grehy @indigodreamers @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Bad Girls Run to the Woods  by Alex Grehy I remember the day my courses started how I was kept indoors, no longer a girl, no longer allowed to laugh or run or play. I remember how the trappings of womanhood were suddenly the community’s concern. How my mother took me to the Goodwives…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Alex Grehy @indigodreamers @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Bad Girls Run to the Woods  by Alex Grehy I remember the day my courses started how I was kept indoors, no longer a girl, no longer allowed to…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Strongholds of Both the Blessed and the Damned by Amanda Worthington My family’s totem represents the death of flight A hollow skull accented in the feathers of the still-alive Probably plucked without consent and arranged Like flowers at a tombstone I resent my family But I quite like the totem Token of endurance that it is…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Amanda Worthington @AmandaW58679588 @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Strongholds of Both the Blessed and the Damned by Amanda Worthington My family’s totem represents the death of flight A hollow skull…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Elizabeth H. Smith @bethsmithwrites @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Surviving Reprisal by Elizabeth H. Smith The morning sun burned her eyes. She’d been in darkness too long, shrouded in rags, planted without a marker by a man she’d never forget. The scent of his blood remained with her, a memento of the claw marks she left. The heaviness in her heart and soul preserved her despite the worms crawling in and out of her flesh.

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Surviving Reprisal by Elizabeth H. Smith The morning sun burned her eyes. She’d been in darkness too long, shrouded in rags, planted…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Kim Richards @Kim_Richards @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Punkins Gotta Punkby Kim Richards In the misty evening night Arise the Punkins Eyes glowing firey bright They rock and roll through tall trees Seeking a new prey To devour their souls Empty porch steps beckon them Squat and grin so wide Waiting for mayhem’s hour Taking Jack-O-Lantern’s place…

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The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Punkins Gotta Punkby Kim Richards In the misty evening night Arise the Punkins Eyes glowing firey bright They rock and roll through tall trees…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author K.R. Morrison @KRMorrison2 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! No Place Like Homeby K.R. Morrison “There’s no place like home!” I had uttered those words when I’d first woken up/gotten back/whatever. Everyone was so relieved to see me come back to life. But now that line didn’t seem to work anymore. Maybe it was because the cops had brought me home in the wee hours more than a couple of times this past month.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author K.R. Morrison @KRMorrison2 @darc_nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! No Place Like Homeby K.R. Morrison “There’s no place like home!” I had uttered those words when I’d first woken up/gotten back/whatever.…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Melissa R. Mendelson @melissmendelson @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Who Waits For You In The Endby Melissa R. Mendelson “There are two estranged sisters. One is Karma, the other is Life. Karma has been talking incessantly lately, but Life is lost for words.” “I thought this was supposed to be a ghost story.” “Shut up, Bob.” “You shut up, Amy. She invites all of us over for a good Halloween party, and we’re crashing at her house since her parents are away.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Melissa R. Mendelson @melissmendelson @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Who Waits For You In The Endby Melissa R. Mendelson “There are two estranged sisters. One is Karma, the other is Life. Karma has…

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Donna J. W. Munro @DonnaJWMunro @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Burn Pit Prophet by Donna J. W. Munro  By the time the last flame died, and the coals cooled, I wasn’t myself. My sun brown skin crackled with black ridges, weeping valleys, and crusted plateaus. My braids had melted away leaving only the wiry strands of metal I’d plaited in before they’d come for us.

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Donna J. W. Munro @DonnaJWMunro @Darc_Nina #LoH #fiction

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Burn Pit Prophet by Donna J. W. Munro  By the time the last flame died, and the coals cooled, I wasn’t myself. My sun brown skin crackled…