Short Stories

The Monster’s Bastard

Louise Rainey2025-08-24T14:08:24-06:00

Margery stared ahead, hands clasped and knees aching on the cold stone floor. She chanted the refrain with a hundred other voices. She knew [...]

The Monster’s BastardLouise Rainey2025-08-24T14:08:24-06:00

The Salt Trap [Short Story]

Louise Rainey2025-08-24T14:08:10-06:00

Once upon a time, there was a stupid boy with an irrepressible need for coolness. Cody kicked an errant clump of dirt as he [...]

The Salt Trap [Short Story]Louise Rainey2025-08-24T14:08:10-06:00

The Monster’s Bastard

Margery carved out a life of quiet obedience in the cold stone walls of the abbey. Her daughter, ever watchful, crept alongside her like a shadow. Helen was a solemn, strange little thing. The sisters never noticed when Helen devoured a whole chicken, bones and all. They never noticed when Helen smiled sweetly with more teeth than should fit in a human mouth. The sisters never noticed Helen at all.

When the abbey’s inhabitants fall into an eerie trance and begin a silent march into the snowbound countryside, Margery knows better than to follow. She, better than anyone, knows the danger in leaving the beaten path.

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