A child is locked in a bathroom for an entire day. The darkness is bad. The growling from beneath the sink is worse. And what the child discovers in those shadowy recesses is worse than he could possibly imagine. As an adult, he tries desperately to make sense of the inexplicable, reliving the experience that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

Save 40% with the full collection! This story is also available in DREADFUL THINGS, a collection of 5 short horror stories at a reduced price. Find your flashlight and get it here: http://vkscott.com/books/dreadful-things *** When John and Beth Hackland arrive in Austin, Texas, for John's job interview, they find they're not the only guests at their rental house. A mysterious burgandy sedan occupies the driveway, with no driver in sight. Its key drips with b...

Save 40% with the full collection!This story is also available in DREADFUL THINGS, a collection of 5 short horror stories at a reduced price. Find your flashlight and get it here: http://vkscott.com/books/dreadful-things***Publishing requires patience and persistence. But when a would-be author has too much of both, submitting the same story over and over, he gets more than rejection slips in return.

Even a dry heat can burn...After a traumatizing home invasion, Sarah Coleman keeps the outside world at bay. Her house in the Phoenix suburbs becomes her fortress, a stucco barrier between her and all that would harm her. She's thrown the deadbolt shut, she thinks, forever.But when the thieves return, a dead body and an unlikely companion thrust Sarah into the desert sun she wants so desperately to avoid. With blood on her hands and nowhere to hide, she mus...

Save 40% with the full collection!This story is also available in DREADFUL THINGS, a collection of 5 short horror stories at a reduced price. Find your flashlight and get it here: http://vkscott.com/books/dreadful-things***Anthony Kolb, an overambitious manager at the customer support division of AsperTech, makes an unscrupulous deal to advance in his company. Driven by jealousy, he rigs the statistics to overtake and destroy a rival. Everything seems to be going fi...

Five short stories of horror...LOCKEDA child is locked in a bathroom for an entire day. The darkness is bad. The growling from beneath the sink is worse. And what the child discovers in those shadowy recesses is worse than he could possibly imagine. As an adult, he tries desperately to make sense of the inexplicable, reliving the experience that will haunt him for the rest of his life.BLACK OUT DAYSAnthony Kolb, an overambitious manager at the customer suppo...

Small town high school chemistry teacher Ben Hart is just doing his job when he shows his students what happens when you mix together certain common substances: BOOM! But then someone uses that same chemical reaction to take down the statue of beloved football coach Simon Griffin. Ben's demonstration is blamed, and he loses his job.Feeling guilty, Ben goes to apologize to his colleague Simon and discovers him murdered. The police think it's a home invasion robbery gone wrong, but B...

Blues guitarist George Dorbeck wants nothing more than to enjoy the last oceanside days at his beach house. But when an exterminator hands him a bill he cannot pay, his problems literally grow legs.A Horror Short Story.4,500 words.