The nurses say the creatures that roam the halls of the ward aren't real, that it's all in my head. The meds should fix me, so why am I seeing more of those monsters lately? And what if--just what if--they're more than figments of my imagination?Copyright 2016 by L.L. Sanders…
This night is significant. It's Delaney's twenty-first birthday. It's also the one-year anniversary of a life-changing experience. But the only gift Delaney receives is one she'd rather forget.~~~#TeamUpChallengeTeam #ThePatronSaintsOfShadows@IanRCooper@shellyxleonn@elfordalley@LLSanders…
This Christmas, little Jake is visited by an odd, discolored stain on his bedroom wall. The tarnished spot resembles a human figure bearing a gift. Is it a case of pareidolia or has Santa come early? In any case, it shows no sign of leaving.----Featured in the @tenebris_somnia Dark December anthology…
LGBT/DYSTOPIA: Luke and Aiden escape the small community they helped build years after an apocalyptic event devastated the world, leaving the survivors to endure the wrath of their new leader, Santos. But with Santos and his men tight on their heels, Luke and Aiden hide out in an old, abandoned lighthouse where their trust for each other quickly grows. But can they face their ultimate fears to rescue the remaining survivors and survive another day?A story of building and rebuilding what was lost, with a haunting twist ending. -----Highest rank: #872 in General Fiction (Thanks, readers, for pushing this story into the top 1000 of its genre!)Copyright © by Leslie Lee Sanders…
Bronze winner of #ProjectRefresh 2016 Halloween contest | As a way to cope with the psychological trauma of being abducted and held captive last Halloween, Andrea and her girlfriends meet once a week to imagine gruesome scenarios of revenge on the man responsible. But as the night comes to an end, it becomes more twisted than their imagination.*Halloween flash fiction of approximately 1000 words.Copyright 2016 by L.L. Sanders…
SHORT/PSYCHOLOGICAL: A dark glimpse at a dystopian future that introduces a talented musical composer who's in search of the perfect note from the perfect vocalist in an attempt to arrange a song that will fully restore all human emotion.------Singers are taught to convey emotion in their songs, but this composer wants his vocalists' agony to be real. In a dystopian future where human emotion consists of only fear, pain, and anger, highly skilled musical composer, Francis Gordon, has locked himself in his creative cave for nearly a year to create new music he believes will restore the emotions humanity has lost. This Halloween, he aims to reveal what he believes is his most memorable work with help from a few amateur vocalists. Too bad their best tunes are produced when they're near death.Copyright 2016 by L.L. Sanders…
SHORT/THRILLER/SUSPENSE: Jackson receives a call from a distraught stranger intent on talking to someone before she ends her life. He's forced to take on the role of crisis counselor in an attempt to save the caller. Once he discovers the caller is nearby, he puts both of their lives at stake as he secretly sets out to find her. However, the closer he gets, the more dangerous the situation becomes.*A short story about lessons learned with a shocking twist ending.---Highest Rank: #461 in Mystery/Thriller…