With a Blighted Touch by J. Todd Kingrea

Author:J. Todd Kingrea
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror fiction, dark fantasy fiction, folklore, native american folklore, tennessee, retro horror, supernatural fiction
Publisher: BHC Press
Published: 2023-06-09T00:00:00+00:00

In addition to the offensive 1970s sofa with harvest-gold, avocado-green, and burnt-orange flower print fabric that he had wrestled out of storage, Kit had also discovered a television set that probably had last been used when Starsky & Hutch was on the air. He had bent and tweaked the antenna enough to get a cross between cheesecloth and a solarized snowstorm. Did stations even broadcast to antennas anymore?

The screen hissed and flickered, throwing spectral shadows around the office. He stretched out on the abomination of a sofa, its aged and prickly upholstery like sandpaper on his skin. It was after eleven on Saturday night. He stared at the yellowed ceiling tiles.

Man, I sure know how to live.

His cell buzzed. It was Courtney again. He thumbed the screen.

“Hey—”

“Kit! Help! They’re here. Oh God—”

What sounded like a struggle in the background came through the cell. The shrill scream of a teenage girl catapulted him off the sofa. “Courtney, I’m here! What’s happening?”

“Kit! We’re trapped in the house! They—”

Something shattered. Two more screams in the background. “No! Get back! Get away from them!” Courtney screamed.

“Courtney, tell me what’s going on! Courtney!”

Silence.

He looked at the screen. The words CALL ENDED mocked him in red letters.

Throwing on a shirt and shoes, he bolted out into the night. His tires churned gravel as he sped out of the back parking lot, nearly clipping a mailbox on the sidewalk. He was grateful that Courtney had told him during their date where she lived.

Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his heart refused to slow down. Images of the Dunleys, and what they were capable of, played through his mind. He drove faster, hands trembling on the wheel.

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