Song of a Lost Child_A Horror Novel by Craig Wesley Wall

Author:Craig Wesley Wall [Wall, Craig Wesley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Broken Nose Books
Published: 2018-02-04T22:00:00+00:00

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As night descended on the secluded neighborhood, three figures crept from the street's depths to begin the hunt. She followed the twins as Jason—still cradling his guts with one arm—pushed the heavy manhole cover to the side with a low rasping scrape, and emerged from the hole. Andy came next, holding a glass jar filled with a white substance in one hand, and turned to help the small boy once known as Jerry Harris from the dark bowels of the streets. The missing boys stood in the night air, gleaming with dank wetness, surveying the quiet street.

She searched the memories of the twins for her next easy prey—someone to add to their little group, or perhaps someone to feast upon after they recruited the hated, scrawny child called Lewis—when a car turned the corner and headed their way. The hive-mind engaged, and in unison, the trio ducked behind a row of nearby trashcans an instant before the car's headlights washed over them.

The car slowed and turned into the driveway just a few yards from the boys' hiding spot. When the fancy sports car squealed to a stop and the headlights were extinguished, a man and woman exited the vehicle, laughing hysterically. The pair met at the front of the car and embraced, kissing and groping each other, moans of pleasure leaking through joined lips. Panting, the couple separated and stumbled up the drive to the front entrance of the house, laughing even louder as the man dropped his keys while fumbling with the lock. He retrieved the keys and succeeded in unlocking the deadbolt, the woman cheering her valiant savior as they entered the house and slammed the door, shutting out their drunken laughter.

The thing residing in Jerry's corpse stood and walked toward the front door, the twins following with smiles matching her own. She walked alongside the vacated car, the gleaming metal ticking as it cooled, the heat from the engine enveloping her cold vessel. She stroked the hood as she walked past, admiring the strange machinery.

She once again probed the twins' minds. The man lives alone. The woman is unfamiliar. Perfect. It seems the prey has come to us. Lewis will have to wait.

Reaching the door of the man's home, she pressed her ear to the wood. The clinking of glass and more inebriated laughter seeped through the door, moving deeper within the house. She listened for a few minutes, biding her time. The faint sounds of music—strange to her ears—filtered through the door.

She gripped the doorknob and twisted. Her smile stretched further, threatening to split the child's face in half as the unlocked handle rotated with her hand. They make it so easy, she thought.

She opened the door wide and turned to the twins, performing a comic sweeping gesture with her arm, inviting them in. She followed the boys in and shut the door, turning the lock. They moved like expected guests through the dimly lit house, strolling along, defiling the beige carpet with grimy shoes, skirting crumpled islands of clothing as they made their way toward the music.

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