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CHAPTER THREE Bernadette was crouched next to the body of her husband Edward; due to the complete drenching that she had received her long blonde hair was a shade darker than usual and was hanging in sodden matted ropes. She looked up as she heard the approach of a person, his footfalls...

CHAPTER TWO What a shocking night to be out and about, thought Edward. This wind is driving right through my coat. Edward's skin was a crawl with goose bumps. He shivered as he shut the door to Valentino's behind Bernadette. He had enjoyed his meal immensely, but he couldn't wait to get...

CHAPTER ONE Edward Johns sat in a window booth of Valentino's, in front of him was a huge plate of spaghetti bolognaise. Valentino's was his favourite restaurant and their spaghetti bog was his favourite dish. The bowl of spaghetti had been covered thickly with grated Parmesan cheese...

Here is the prologue of a novel length manuscript that i have just completed. Please comment if you see fit. bye Cody Craig PROLOGUE As the high midday sun shines with unrelenting brilliance, Bernadette watches Calvin from her padded sun lounge. Watches as he swims beneath...

Hi Guys, Just a short note to let you know that my short story "Chum" has been accepted in the "Blood, Guts & Psychopaths" Anthology to be published by Maniac Press later in the year. Bye Cody Craig

Has anyone read anything by the late Richard Laymon?

Hi, I am relatively new to this and also to writing. Up until two years ago i hadn't picked up a book since high school. I had a accident and broke a vertibrae in my spine and dislodge two discs which were pushing against my spinal cord. I ended up stuck in bed for 9 months. I started reading...

Death of a Thousand Centuries A Short Story by Cody Craig Trickling warmly down my chest, forcing itself out between my centuries old flesh and the roughly sawn wooden stake, blood. My own blood. Pulsating and oozing with every diminishing throb of my failing heart. Spurt after...