Stranded on OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, he believed that he was alone on the frozen world.
“Supposedly Alone”
With a shrill wind as his warden.
Tag: Terror
“Drifting”
Humankind had never ventured this far into the unknown.
A single escape pod drifted listlessly through intergalactic space.
“A Vengeful Crustacean”
The creature struggled free from wet newspaper and slipped out onto the kitchen linoleum.
Dinner guests returned to the refrigerator for alcohol.
The door was left ajar.
“Ghost Without a Haunt”
“We know you’re angry over your death.”
Inexplicable difficulties at the extraction facility had resulted in a tentative abandonment.
Human presence on Mercury would cease.
“Double-barreled Treatment”
“Only five percent of those treated will experience the undesired transformation.”
After custodians had thoroughly cleaned the examination room, a new cohort of patients was ushered inside.
The doctor followed. He hurriedly explained the merits of inoculation.
“Steel City Slayer” Tweets
Originally written under a pseudonym as responses to a prompt from Nano Horror (@tweetsthecreeps) under #nHorror, these 2017 tweets are taunts sent from a fictitious Pittsburgh serial killer – “Steel City Slayer” – to the police and media.
Dear Pittsburgh Bureau of Police:
The wrong river was dragged.
XoXo,
Steel City Slayer
#nHorror
“Icy Undead”
Ancient icy volatiles reanimated the dead.
The unexpected eruption of Ahuna Mons destroyed the research installation on Ceres.
“The Caves”
A mission to the stars goes horribly wrong.
The shuttle was dissected for all salvageable materials.
“The Vampire Hunter’s Apprentice VIII”
“Why? You don’t want my help?”
“Stake?”
“Check.”
“Mallet?”
“Check.”
“Crucifix?”
“Check.”
“A Chilling Discovery”
“I don’t believe these are natural,” he explained. “These appear to be of intelligent origin.”
The mission confirmed the existence of microbial life within a subsurface ocean on Enceladus, but a far more bizarre discovery was made inside an apparently dormant cryovolcano on the distant moon.
A Visit to the Idea Factory 