Anthony Hedger

She reached out with a long bony hand and gently grabbed my shirt and pulled me towards her….

The doctor stared at David; behind his glasses was a slight trace of fear.

‘Look David, I have to tell them what I believe.’

Billy looked to see if anyone was watching him but there was no one insight; it was getting late and the park was due to close.

"Jewel please, you must promise me you won’t go near there, the cars on that road go much too fast,

He staggered over to her and placed his hands onto her shoulders. She immediately smelt the drink on his breath and the smoke and perfume clinging to his clothes.

She felt like ripping it from the wall, opening the window and throwing it to the elements to see if the rain would shut the damn thing up.

“When are you going to grow up and realise that Santa is just a myth and Christmas is just a huge con to get people like us to part with money we haven’t got?”

He started to get worried now and thought he might be having one of those ‘out of body thingies’ he’d heard about.

Ian trained his torch around the area; its powerful beam came to rest upon five weird faces staring back at them which were sticking out of the water.

‘Don’t let a little thing like someone being dead fool you.’

My room my prison holds me, protects me from outside dangers of the forest.