A Little Bit Horror: A Collection Of Three Short Stories

By Juliet Boyd

A collection of three short stories in the quiet horror genre.

Cause and Effect: Carl wakes up after a car accident. As he tries to determine exactly where he is, things start to get a little strange.

Forever by the Day: Aefre lives on because of a deal with the Gods, but at what price?

Nutrition: The latest must visit restaurant holds a dark secret.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Juliet Boyd
• Release date: Jan 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301088454

Juliet Boyd

Juliet lives in Somerset in the south-west of England. She used to work in administration, but now writes full-time. Her main writing interests are fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, horror and flash fiction. Details of her work are available on her website.

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A LITTLE BIT HORROR, VOLUME 1

A collection of three short stories

Juliet Boyd

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CONTENTS

CAUSE AND EFFECT

FOREVER BY THE DAY

NUTRITION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Carl lifted his head up from the cold, hard surface. The room was pitch black. He could hear the sound of soft breathing, but nothing else. His mind began to race through the possibilities. If this was heaven it certainly wasn't how he had imagined it – that would have been fluffy white clouds, brilliant sunshine and gentle harp music in the background. But neither was it hell's fire and brimstone, although it did feel rather warm and clammy.

He was sure that he must be dead. He remembered quite clearly the truck coming at him head on and the sound of scraping metal as the bonnet of the car was sliced off by the truck's bumper, but that was the point at which it went blank. He was quite glad he didn't remember anything more, because playing that kind of thing over and over again in his head certainly would be hell. It hadn't been the best ever ending he'd had to a first date, that was for sure, and he didn't even want to consider what Kerry's fate might have been.

He pushed himself up to his feet and tentatively moved forwards a couple of steps. He needed to find a light and sort out where he was once and for all, but he had the unnerving feeling that he