NOTICE: Postings in this journal are intended for adults as they may contain adult situations and language.

You step outside and can see your breath for the first time of the season.

The slight rustle of leaves dominate the air as you go for your daily walk.

There's a slight crispness in the air, the kind that makes you wonder...Where DID you store your light jacket last spring?

The days begin to get shorter and the whisper in the trees tells you a change is coming.

You take a deep breath and you can feel it - you feel the uneasiness of uncertainty that darkness and cold brings.

The absence of children playing and warm, summer days remind you that you may never see them again.

Yes, it is these things that change your dreams and heighten your senses during the darkness,

When? Right now. This very minute. The changes have begun.

Can you feel your scalp tingle and the pricklyness of the hairs on your neck? You can? Good.

Your fear is coming...and it's only 26 days away.




Be sure and look for my stories in the following anthologies:

THE HOLLER – The Fear Within – 3F Publications

THE FEAR – Femmes de la Brume – Double Dragon Publishing

CHICKEN – Scary! Holiday Tales to Make You Scream –
Double Dragon Publishing

All titles can be found and purchased at www.shocklines.com

www.elizabethpeake.com