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THE HORROR AT LAKE HARMONY: HORROR SHORT STORY, PART IX

May 31, 2024 at 1:25 pm Leave a comment

HORROR AT LAKE HARMONY: HORROR SHORT STORY, PART THE IX

This story was published by Necrology Shorts in January 2010.

                      THE HORROR AT LAKE HARMONY

  As I sat there waiting, I felt a strange fear creep into my bones as the waves gently caressed the shore.  All was quiet; most of the campers were fast asleep.  Would anything happen?  Of course not, that is the stuff of movies!

  The moon illuminated the water’s surface.  I was tired, drowsy and falling asleep when I noticed a peculiar glow in the water.  “The legend is not a legend!”  A glow rose from the murky depths, two red-hot coals just below the water’s surface.  Next, the unimaginable.  The surface of the water parted and what greeted my eyes was unspeakable.  The figure appeared a mockery of the human form.  And the eyes, they appeared as two suns.  I wanted to look away but couldn’t.  Suddenly jets of flame exploded from those orbs of doom and blinded me.  Entered my eyes, my brain.

I felt pain; I felt …

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A local newspaper published an article telling of campers killed at Lake Harmony.  After four years, the incident was only a vague memory, until …

                                                            THE END 

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