Tag Archives: Kathleen McClusky

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Wire by Kathleen McCluskey The old man stood alone before the rusted fence, his cane sinking into the soft, damp earth. Tourists wandered the memorial behind him, speaking in hushed voices. Fifty years … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Chains Below by Kathleen McCluskey    The old maps called them the “Hanging Woods.”    No one remembered why.   The name survived long after the meaning had rotted away, passed from one … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Last Tree by Kathleen McCluskey    The sun had not been directly seen in twenty-seven years. It still existed somewhere behind the blanket of ash that wrapped around the Earth. Nothing but a … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! When the Eye Closed by Kathleen McCluskey    The artifact was discovered beneath the ruins of a forgotten temple buried deep beneath the Anatolian desert. Archeologists originally believed it was a ceremonial wheel, a … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Memory by Kathleen McCluskey The first thing she remembered was the rain.    The memory arrived without warning, cutting through the darkness that had surrounded her for longer than she could measure. For … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Geometry of Petals by Kathleen McCluskey    The expedition logs do not agree on when the flowers first appeared.    Some entries describe them as always being there, silent fixtures embedded in the … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Life Eight Watches Life Nine by Kathleen McCluskey    I noticed it first in the reflection of the microwave door, that cheap, warped mirror that bends everything just enough to make you question your … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Last Bloom by Kathleen McCluskey They had been told that the roses were a blessing. That was the lie that kept the monks from running. Brother Alard learned the truth the first night … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! What Still Screams by Kathleen McCluskey They treated it like a joke on the drive out, another entry into the long list of sites rumored to be haunted by something vague and conveniently unprovable. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Black Queen of Briar End by Kathleen McCluskey    Wonderland had two horizons.    At the eastern edge where the sun burned itself into exhaustion, the Red Queen kept her garden in hysterical … Continue reading →