Halloween Horrors Volume 1: 4 Short Stories Of Murder And Mayhem

By Angelique LaFontaine

Curl up to these 4 bone chilling stories that will keep you at the edge of your seat. From creatures of the night to diabolical experimentation. These stories will set the perfect mood for your Halloween Enjoyment
Included:
The Matriarch
The Air Guy
The Darkness Will Find You
The Divers of the Lake

• Language: English
• Publisher: Angelique LaFontaine
• Release date: Sep 21, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301214396

Angelique LaFontaine

My name is Angelique LaFontaine. I was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and live in the country about an hour outside of Dallas, TX. I am employed as a Mechanical Engineer but spend much of my time painting and writing I have been building my work collection for the last 15 years and it includes paintings, sketches, poetry compilations, novels, digital short stories and much more. I do not limit my writing to one specific genre but I tend to lean more toward fiction fantasy. I love the idea of not having boundaries when writing. If you can think it, in my story, it could happen. In 2008, I released my first poetry compilation. This collection was entitled Walking Before You Run. It is a collection of 75 poems that I've written over the years. In 2010 I released Sandstone and Mirrors: The Crossover. I have many more books and short stories that I am preparing to release. Besides writing, I love to paint and sketch. I enjoy working with acrylic mainly but from time to time, work with other mediums. Currently my work is being displayed in the Little Elm Library in Little Elm TX. It has been rotated throughout different locations in the Dallas area. Please see my website at www.AngeliqueArtWork.com for any updates.

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Halloween Horrors 1

4 Short Stories of Murder and Mayhem

by

Angelique LaFontaine

Copyright 2012 Angelique LaFontaine

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Table of Contents

The Matriarch

The Darkness Will Find You

The Air Guy

Divers of the Lake

The Matriarch

The dirt felt cool and moist beneath her feet as she walked softly through the forest. The late night air moistened the skin on her arms and legs causing the white, cotton fabric of her night gown to cling to her body. Soft scampering noises from squirrels and other nearby forest creatures filled her ears. The sound of branches snapping surrounded her as the animals desperately sought shelter and protection from their uninvited visitor. The smell of pine filled her nose and for some reason, soothed her as she continued to walk deeper into the forest.

Slowly regaining awareness of her surroundings, April tried to figure out what she was doing in the middle of the forest. She didn’t know how far out she had wandered nor did she know how long she had been wandering around. She sensed she was following something but didn’t know what. Up until that point, April couldn’t recollect anything or what it was that drew her out of her bed and into the forest. Her head hurt with such intensity that she had a very hard time focusing but tried despite the fact that all she wanted to do was just sit down and go to sleep.

She stopped walking for a moment and looked around. She saw nothing but an endless sea of trees, ferns, and other vegetation that filled the forests of the Pacific Northwest. What am I following? April whispered to herself. She scanned the forest around, truly confused. April closed her eyes and tried to go backwards in her mind in an attempt to remember what it was that brought her out there to begin with.

April went back to earlier that evening. She remembered going to bed and feeling warm in her small 1 bedroom house that was set just on the outside of town. She remembered opening the window to her bedroom and letting the cool night air sweep into the room giving her an immediate sense of relief. April remembered lying on her bed, above the blankets and sheets. She sank deep into the soft, queen size mattress as she stared at the ceiling.

Continuing to stand in the middle of the forest with her eyes closed and ignoring the throbbing in her head, April remembered having trouble falling asleep as she lay in bed. She remembered the wind getting stronger and created a sort of howling sound that she felt uneasy about. She remembered wanting to get up to close the window to dampen the sound but couldn’t find the strength as she was on the brink of dozing off.

She remembered hearing branches snapping just outside her window and that the noise had startled her enough to finally get up out of bed and go to the window. April remembered peering out into the darkness and seeing nothing. The blackness of the forest was all that she saw and it offered no explanation for the sound.

As April remembered the events that took place the evening before, the fear that filled her heart at the time reappeared and consumed her. Standing in the middle of the forest, April’s senses heightened to such an extreme, she felt as though she would be able to hear the heart beat of the flies swarming around in the air around her. Still though, she continued to