Mid-Century Monster by A M Burns

Author:A M Burns [Burns, A M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945632747
Publisher: Mystichawker Press
Published: 2020-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Cin repressed a shiver as they entered the root cellar. As in the house, the smell of animal was stronger, and she frowned. They had to figure out what was going on, or they were never going to be able to sell the place. If there really was some kind of monster there, they needed to find it and deal with it. She couldn’t in good faith just pass off the place to some unsuspecting family who would probably not have the ability to deal with the unusual.

“Okay, I know it smells a lot worse down here than it did yesterday.” Marzie stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked around. “It doesn’t look any different.”

“No, it doesn’t.” Cin looked around at the shelves and piles of stuff that looked a lot like nesting material.

At the howl from her phone, Cin paused and answered it. “What’s up?”

“Just got off the phone with Chief Zack.” A slight chuckle rumbled in Chad’s voice. “He said his forensics guys are on their way over to check the cellar, so if you moved anything, put it back.”

“Oh crap.” Cin took a step back from the shelf she was about to start clearing of nest clutter. “I completely forgot you called him and asked him to send someone over.”

“Too much going on.” Chad laughed. “I forgive you, and if you haven’t moved much, Zack will too. Odds are the cellar isn’t tied to the thing that killed Juan.”

“We’ll see.” Cin ended the call, and glanced at Marzie. “We’re upstairs. I forgot about the police folks coming over to check the place out.”

“They think whatever lives here killed Juan.” Marzie looked around, then took a couple of steps back toward the stairs.

Cin headed up the stairs. “Maybe. Chad thought it was a good idea.”

“I’ll look through what I can,” Cin’s mother said. “It feels strange down here. Maybe I can spot something while the police go over it.”

Marzie stopped and stared toward where Charity stood. “There’s something here, right now. I can feel it.”

Pausing, Cin hid her frown from Marzie. “This whole place feels weird. Down here is worse than the rest of the house.”

“No.” Marzie crossed her arms and shook her head. “It’s more than that. I can hear something that I can’t make out. It’s like there’s a whispering. I heard something similar upstairs. I’m not losing my mind, am I?”

Cin closed the distance between them and gave Marzie a hug. “No, you’re not losing it. There’s a lot going on and maybe someone has their TV on too loud or something. The guy next door is really old.”

Marzie hugged her back. “It sounds more than that. But maybe you’re right.” She let go of Cin and shook her head. “You know, I think I’m going to go. Tell RJ I’ll get him to explain the hole-patching thing again later. Maybe if I can see the results I can figure out what he did. I’m going to lie down for a bit.”

“Okay.” Cin gave her a smile.

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