Best of Luck (Creature Feature collection) by Jason Mott

Author:Jason Mott [Mott, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
Published: 2023-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

It was Barry’s oldest daughter, Angela, that came downstairs first. She always was a light sleeper, and Will’s final scream must have woken her. When she turned the corner into the kitchen, she almost let out a scream of her own. There was her father’s friend, Uncle Will, slumped across the kitchen table, a table covered in blood and gore that pooled onto the floor beneath.

Her breaths came hard and fast.

“Shhh,” Barry said softly. He came around the table and wrapped his arms around her. “Shhh. It’s okay.” He kneeled beside her and rubbed her head. “Now, whatever happens, don’t scream,” he said.

“What . . . ?” she asked.

And then she saw it. In the corner of the kitchen, at the end of a grisly trail, was the timeless creature, waiting, looking at her.

Her breaths came quickly again. “Is that it?” she said, finally.

“It is,” Barry said. “Just like I told you. He keeps us safe, and now we have to keep him safe.”

Angela was pale and looked as though she might scream or faint or, somehow, both. So Barry took her hand. Her breathing slowed. “We . . . we have to find him another home now?” she asked.

“That’s right,” Barry said. “Or else we might lose all these nice things we have.” He sighed. “I’m glad it was you that saw this. One day you’ll have to take care of him, and then all good things can happen to you and your family. So you need to learn this.” Then Barry stood and lifted his daughter in his arms. She was still trembling, still staring at the creature as that familiar sound—like lungs and breaths and teeth beginning to speak—filled the kitchen.

“You and me,” Barry said, “we’ll clean this up before your mother and your sister wake up, and then we’ll find a new home for our friend, and then things will go right back to normal.”

“And we’ll have the best of luck, right, Daddy? Just like you said?” Angela asked.

“That’s right, honey. And then we’ll have the best of luck, like always.”

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