19 year old Lani Scott longs to get out of boring, predictable Hill Town and retrace the route she travelled with her father and his band before his death. There’s not much to keep her in Hill Town; a mother who abandoned her as a child, a dead end job at a tiny diner, and… Continue reading Hell Town by S. K Gregory
This story was published in Among the Headstones, an anthology of graveyard themed stories edited by Rayne Hall. Lucretia is a lonely young woman who hears the industrial hum, and seeks to escape it each night by sleeping in a graveyard where the bodies are left on the surface to rot and be predated. There’s… Continue reading Lucretia’s Hum by Priscilla Bettis
This short story was published in The Vampire Connoisseur, an anthology of vampire fiction edited by Todd Sullivan. Told in first person by an unnamed narrator, this story focuses on a man alone after the loss of his wife and son. Once more Bettis excels in her power of description and ability to create atmosphere.… Continue reading The Sun Sets Nonetheless by Priscilla Bettis
Happy launch day to my new horror novella, All of Me. Buy All of Me Now A terrifying body horror novella. Sometimes you are your own worst enemy.Margaret’s unhappy with her life. Overweight, overwhelmed and passed over. When her neighbor gives her a gift, she wakes up a new person - or three.Now Dot, Peggy… Continue reading New Release: All of Me
After a series of miscarriages and the end of her marriage, Claire rents a rural property to reconnect with herself. This is a fun story. Claire was a great character and it was easy to sympathize with her. Traumatized by multiple miscarriages and the dissolution of her marriage, I hoped that things would improve for… Continue reading The Hay Bale by Priscilla Bettis
Iseult Murphy 