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    Slice: Seven Tales of Horror
    Slice: Seven Tales of Horror
    Slice: Seven Tales of Horror
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    Slice: Seven Tales of Horror

    By Ty Johnston

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    Seven short stories of horror, from the truly gruesome to dark, historical fantasy.

    Forlorn
    Struggling with eruptions in his personal life, a college professor suffers from blackouts. What he finds when he wakes is numbing to his soul.

    Killing Just for Fun
    There are worse things than serial killers, as mass murderer Jimmy Bob Haskins discovers. But who is more damned, the killer or the killer of killers?

    Zombie Tears
    A brother's last recorded words leave behind a message of anguish and hunger, as well as of warning.

    Walking Between the Rain
    She stalks the night in search of prey. She considers herself a vampire. But vampires don't really exist. Or do they?

    Everyone is Zombies
    Zombies are everywhere. And everyone. But if zombies are everyone, where does that leave you?

    Interlude in Lombardy
    The year is 1892 and in Italy the dark opera Pagliacci has received an encore from its first audience. But is there any truth to the harrowing tale behind the opera? An occultist with mysteries of his own is called upon to find an answer.

    Hot Off the Press
    What happens when everything you write becomes reality? One newspaper reporter finds out. The hard way. And it is the world which will suffer.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTy Johnston
    Release dateFeb 1, 2010
    ISBN9781452376615
    Slice: Seven Tales of Horror
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    Ty Johnston

    Originally from Kentucky, Ty Johnston is a former newspaper journalist. He lives in North Carolina with loving memories of his late wife.Blog: tyjohnston.blogspot.com

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      Book preview

      Slice - Ty Johnston

      SLICE

      seven tales of horror

      by Ty Johnston

      a Monumental Works Group author

      Copyright 2009 by L. M. Press

      visit the author’s website: tyjohnston.blogspot.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Publication acknowledgments

      Forlorn was originally published at www.deadmanstome.com

      Killing Just for Fun was originally published at www.deadmanstome.com

      Zombie Tears was originally published at www.talesofworldwarz.com

      Walking Between the Rain was originally published at www.everydayfiction.com

      Everyone is Zombies was originally published at www.deadmanstome.com

      Interlude in Lombardy was originally published at http://noctober.wordpress.com/

      Hot Off the Press was originally published at www.raygunrevival.com/

      Fiction available from the author

      Demon Chains

      Ghosts of the Asylum

      City of Rogues: Book I of The Kobalos Trilogy

      Road to Wrath: Book II of The Kobalos Trilogy

      Dark King of the North: Book III of The Kobalos Trilogy

      Blade and Flame (short story prequel to The Kobalos Trilogy)

      The Kobalos Trilogy: Omnibus edition

      Bayne’s Climb: Part I of The Sword of Bayne

      A Thousand Wounds: Part II of The Sword of Bayne

      Under the Mountain: Part III of The Sword of Bayne

      The Sword of Bayne: Omnibus edition

      The Castle of Endless Woe (novelette)

      More Than Kin

      100 Years of Blood

      The Storm

      American Crossroads: five turning points

      Non-fiction from the author

      100 Web Sites for Fiction Writers

      100 Days of Fantasy: a memoir

      Table of Contents

      Forlorn

      Killing Just for Fun

      Zombie Tears

      Walking Between the Rain

      Everyone is Zombies

      Interlude in Lombardy

      Hot Off the Press

      for D.G.

      Forlorn

      Walking through the dead lights of night, I spy lovers in a car. Beneath a tree. Behind the library.

      He is young and strong, probably a student.

      She too is young, also likely a student. Her pale hair hangs longer than his, though just barely. An inch or two below her shoulders. I can smell her perfume from twenty feet away. It is sweet, like the tang of marigolds on a dewy morn. It disgusts me.

      It reminds me.

      ***

      Blackness.

      ***

      When I come around, I am bent over leaning against the car, breathing heavy. I blink several times to make sure I am awake, not dreaming.

      The first thing I notice is red ink on my hands. Red ink? Where would I get red ink? I smear it so it runs beneath my nails, into the lines of my skin and through the down of the soft hairs on the back of my hands. It is sticky. Grossly so. I hold my hands up to see them better in the fluorescence of the parking lot’s lights.

      It is not ink.

      I look to the car. The passenger door is open. Smeared across the door window is something wet and gray. I do not ask myself what it is.

      Inside the car. Two bodies. Him. Her. No longer lovers. Now just meat. They have not been dead long, possibly no more than five minutes.

      I shiver.

      Blood is pooled in the bottom of the driver’s floor. Sunk into the mess is a knife. A hunting knife. Covered with red mess and pieces of flesh.

      I recognize it.

      ***

      Later. Home. Bathroom. Shower.

      The telephone rings as I am drying myself with a Mickey Mouse towel my son won at a game in Disney World several years ago. I let the phone ring. The machine will get it.

      Roger, are you there? If you are, please answer the phone.

      A voice from long ago. No. Only days since I have seen her.

      You haven’t called me in two weeks. If I hadn’t bumped into you on campus the other day I wouldn’t even have been able to tell you.

      Her voice is from long ago. It is

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