In all the years he’d been curator of The Country Club, this kind of thing had never happened. He’d never even heard of it happening in the past. He sat down and stared up at the screens, trying to figure out how this all had happened. There was pounding on the control room door. He tried to igno...
“You see anything, man?” Miguel asked from the driver’s seat. “I see a little house, and that’s about it,” Carlos said. “They been in there for a while.” “It’s been maybe ten minutes.” &n...
I stood outside Amanda’s room as the two priests went back inside. I heard Father Harlan shouting, and chanting something, while the girl went absolutely berserk. It sounded as if there was an all-out fight in the room. Even though she was restrained to the bed, she’d broken loose before. I ...
He should have been exhausted, but he was so wired he didn’t think he could sleep again. When he shut off the truck, a large man came walking out carrying a duffel bag. Tony climbed out of the truck as the man glared at him. Tony was only five foot seven inches tall and this guy towered over him....
The robed figures all formed a large circle around us and joined hands. Lucifer and I stayed off to the side and watched as Armando began some kind of chant. He lit several more candles on a small table within the circle. He then took out a large knife and cut along the palm of his hand. Blood dr...
The smell of the dead bodies made him want to throw up. It had been years since he worked a crime scene, but for some reason, he was the only one answering his phone. He looked around at the two bodies on the bed. One was male, the other female, both their faces had been hacked to pieces. There w...
Laura asked. “The whole damn town is possessed.” “I see that,” Dietrich said. “Is Simon doing this? Is he controlling them?” Sharon asked. “Yes and no. Whatever is controlling Simon is controlling all of these people,” Dietrich explained. The sound of a siren came from down the street. Dietrich l...
When they arrived, Steven and broken loose and was pounding on the door. They could see him through the thick, glass window; his teeth were bared, eyes glowing bright. “What’s going on?” Anna asked. “He was so calm earlier.” “He’s hungry.”...
He had no idea who these hooligans were who had raided his town, but unlike everyone else, he felt happy for it. He had never felt this alive. For the first time in his life, there was no one to answer to, no one to push him around. He was the one with the power tonight and he planned to use it. ...
Yet despite all that, God still wanted me to do his bidding on this new mission, even though I’m an abomination and a serial killer. Did I miss anything? The rest of the week was uneventful by current standards. The Bishop’s tent revival was all anyone in town or at the church would talk about....