Collecting Shadows by Gary Williams

Author:Gary Williams [Williams, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Suspense Publishing
Published: 2017-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

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Aunt Rita pulled up to the high school shortly before 8:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. It was more than an hour before the first class, and the parking lot was practically empty.

“Are you sure Mr. Mast is here this early?”

Liam pointed. “That’s his car over there.” He swung the door open and stepped out.

“Liam,” his aunt called.

Liam stuck his head back through the doorway.

“I’m proud of you asking for help like this.”

“Yeah, well, as you know, I haven’t exactly been killin’ it. Mr. Mast is a good teacher. I don’t want to disappoint him.”

Aunt Rita smiled and waved goodbye. “See you this afternoon.”

“Thanks again for the ride, Aunt Rita. Tell Pilot to behave.”

“You’re asking a lot,” she joked.

Liam closed the door and entered the main hallway. He stopped by his locker first to unload his other text books. With only his history book in hand, he walked to Mr. Mast’s room. The door was closed. Through the small square window, he was surprised to see the lights off inside. He wondered if Mr. Mast forgot about their meeting and was in some other part of the school.

Liam gave the handle a turn, expecting the door to be locked. It clicked open, and he pushed it inward. An unexpected smell escaped from the room; a rank, horrid stench that caused Liam to hesitate.

“Mr. Mast?” he said, tentatively easing the door wider.

Light lanced in from the hallway, sending a long rectangular spotlight stretching across the front of the classroom. A mass was heaped on the desk staring at Liam. It was a human, curled up as if sleeping with its eyes open.

“Mr. Mast?” Liam’s voice quivered. His stomach turned to mush.

The man’s dark face was lifeless. Liam’s mind froze. He took a nervous step forward, unintentionally shielding the light from the man’s face. He stepped aside, sending a macabre glow upon Mr. Mast’s dry, shriveled eyes. A thin line of blood wrapped around his neck. The man wasn’t moving. The smell intensified.

Liam couldn’t breathe. With a violent convulsing of his stomach, he dropped to his knees.

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