Horror Stories: A Macabre Collection (11 page)
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Authors: Steve Wands
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“I’ll be fine,” Tom told the announcer,
“thanks for helping me out…and for the ice.”
“No problem. Just get that looked at and
take it easy, will ya?”
“I’ll make sure of that,” Sally said, as
they walked away.
“My dad won’t be here for a while still, so
let’s just sit okay,” Tom said.
“Yeah, sure,” Sally said, rubbing his
back.
His father wasn’t supposed to be there yet,
but as they left the boardwalk and headed to the street he was
parked by one of the meters and looked to be getting out.
“Dad, what’re you doing here already?” Tom
asked.
“Oh, yeah, I know I’m early—hey, what the
hell happened to you?”
“He stuck up for me,” Sally answered.
“Are you kids okay?”
“Yeah, just a bit banged up is all,” Tom
tried to act cool about it.
“My ass, we’re taking you to the
hospital.”
“Dad…”
“No arguments.”
“Fine.”
They walked to the car and Tom’s father
opened the door for both of them, but before getting into the car
Tom spotted a red mark on the hood.
“Looks like blood on the car, dad,” Tom
pointed out.
“That’s not blood, kiddo, had a couple of
troublemakers throwing food at the side of the road after I dropped
you two off. Strawberry syrup. Guess they didn’t care for the ice
cream here too much, I always liked it.”
“I liked the ice cream,” Sally said, “it's
the jerks I could do without.”
“Couldn’t agree more,” Tom’s father said,
closing the door.
They drove off, heading to the hospital in a
car as black as the night itself.
Steve Wands
lives in New Jersey with
his wife and son. He’s a comic book letterer for
DC Comics
by day, and an artist and writer by night. He drinks massive
amounts of coffee, and sleeps very little. He is the author of
Stay Dead: The Stranger and Tunnel Rats, Words Like Daggers,
Modern Nightmares, Damaged,
and plenty of short stories. He
also co-edited and contributed to
Dark: A Horror Anthology
.
Visit his blog here:
http://www.stevewands.blogspot.com
Discover other titles (Stay Dead: The
Stranger & Tunnel Rats, Dark: A Horror Anthology) by Steve
Wands at
https://www.smashwords.com
Check out the Stay Dead blog:
http://www.pleasestaydead.blogspot.com
Nice words from nice people about Stay
Dead: The Stranger & Tunnel Rats
available from
smashwords.com
“
...focuses on atmosphere and
desperation...gruesome and really interesting, both stories oozing
hopelessness...a really strong debut.”
Corey Graham
formerly of the
Midnight
Podcast
http://www.midnightpodcast.com
“
One of the most humanizing zombie stories
since Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead.”
Bryan Wolford of the Drunken Zombie
Podcast
"This collection of short stories is brutal
and heart breaking. Steve Wands describes the state of the world in
the midst of a zombie outbreak as if he were there. These tales
will make you feel like you know the characters and are sharing in
their plight."
Mike Benedict of The Cadaver Lab Podcast
“
...one of the more intense and downbeat
endings you will ever read... endlessly fun...nothing wasted...no
pulling of punches.”
Desmond Reddick of Dread Media
“
...very well done...makes you want
more...a great read... I couldn’t put this down.”
Darryl Pierce of A Little Dead Podcast
Stay Dead: The Stranger & Tunnel Rats was
also nominated for a
2009 Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter
Award
for Best Zombie Book/Fiction.
http://www.mailorderzombie.com