Stories tagged with 'Horror, fictional, adventurous'
Hurting your mother never ends well
The extravagant wedding of Mesoma is violently interrupted when the bride, seized by a terrifying fit, publicly confesses to murdering her own mother in a ritual sacrifice for wealth. As her confession pours out, staining the sandy ground, her American groom flees, her sisters disown her, and her aunt raises the mother's portrait in bitter condemnation. Mesoma is left ruined—her material wealth useless—as the curse leaves her alive but shattered, a prisoner of her own blood-soaked greed, proving that betrayal of a mother never ends well.
The mortuary Girl's Secret
Excerpt: The Mortuary Girl's Secret ?I rushed over, but stopped dead. Her left eye was a sickening bulge, her arms laced with bloodied bruises. “He’s taking them, Michael. The bodies,” she whispered, urgency in her fractured voice. She grabbed my wrist: “Go to the river bank before midnight. Look for the stones painted with chalk.” Before I could answer, she screamed, seeing Papa's murderous silhouette behind me. I turned back, but the shade beneath the Almond tree was suddenly, terrifyingly empty.