Midnight Dreams & Nightmares ~ A short story collection

INDEX

~ Scent of Death ~
Oct. 2023, 49 words

~ Her Bed ~
Sep. 2022, ~500 words
Horror. Gory. Flash fiction.
Something isn't right... Where's the girl? What happened to her bed?

~ Life, Death, and Consciousness ~
Aug. 2020, ~1.3k words
Philosophical short. Experimental. Existential dread.
Every night, when we fall asleep, we die.

~ The Dead don't Dream ~
Sep. 2018, ~1.2k words
Horror short. Lovecraftian. Poetic.
When I sleep, I dream. In my dreams, I can't drown.

~ Doppelgänger ~
Oct. 2017, ~700 words
Horror. Flash fiction.
I've been replaced.

~ Plague Hound ~
Mar. 2017, ~1.6k words
Horror short.
Sleeping in a hospital sucks. Waking up to a nightmare is even worse.

~ An Old Friend ~
Sep. 2016, 1k words
Paranormal short.
An unexpected end to a fun night out with a friend.

~ FUN ~
Apr. 2016, 800 words
Horror. Flash fiction.
Not everyone tends to have fun in the same way...

~ #100wordscream ~
Mar. 2016, 100 words

~ Deal with the Devil ~
Dec. 2015, 150 words

~ Asphyxia ~
Oct. 2015, ~1.2k words
Horror/paranormal short.
Don't underestimate the power of words...

~ Dark Horse ~
Sep. 2015, ~2.4k words
Horror short.
"Let's go to the lagoon," they said. "It will be fun," they said.
Or: When a night-time swim turns into a nightmare.

~ The Observers ~
Jun. 2015, ~2k words
Science fiction short.
We've all heard of Schrödinger's cat. Dead and alive simultaneously, until someone looks. The power of observance. What if there was a species that had the power to decide if something exists or not, simply by looking at it?

~ The Creature ~
Feb. 2015, ~1.6k words
Horror short.
I have to believe this was just an incident... I have to believe there are no others out there like this one... I need to believe... Or I will go insane...

~ Insanity ~
Jan. 2015, ~1.9k words
Horror short. Gory.
A baby monitor suddenly starts broadcasting static, but through the noise a dark voice uttering weird words is audible...

~ The Mirror Game ~
Oct. 2014, ~3k words
Paranormal short. Creepy.
When I was little I used to play this amazing game, most often when I was home alone. I'd go into the bathroom and carefully lift the circular mirror from its pin on the wall. My mother didn't like me taking it as she was afraid I might drop and break it, though I found out later that breaking a mirror and getting a few years of bad luck isn't what you're supposed to be afraid of...

~ Mannequin ~
Jul. 2014, ~2k words
Horror short.
What would you do when you wake up in the middle of the night, only to find a mannequin standing in the hallway downstairs?

~ The Promise ~
Jun. 2014, ~2k words
Horror/paranormal short.
A mother dies in a war, but does not give up looking after her little girl. She gave her life protecting her, but will she be able to do the same now that she is dead?

~ Abandoned ~
May 2014, ~1.9k words
Paranormal short. 
A girl wanders around an old decrepit mansion, seemingly abandoned, until...

~ The Experiment ~
Apr. 2014, ~1.4k words
Horror short.
Working a night-shift in the laboratory; what can go wrong?