Dark Fates

By Lynn Thompson

Wrong Number

Valerie’s insomnia is getting worse. Every time she closes her eyes darkness surrounds her and something scary lurks in its wake. If she doesn’t get sleep soon she’ll go crazy, but can she face her dream filled fears?

Dwarfs Eve

Amber, Derrick, Lydia and Josh visit the cemetery on Halloween night under the full moon. Ambers gut instinct tells her not to go, but she never could say no to Derrick...

Tavern Cat
The local tavern was Ranald’s second home, until one night he didn’t show. The bartender gets worried about him. After visiting the sick old man at his home the bartended is convinced that once the Scot is better he will be back to warm his favorite barstool...

Ghostly Wanderings

Bar fights, ghosts, and Summer... Harry doesn’t realize this will be his last night alive. If he’d only changed his ways before the beginning of the evening things might have been different, but Harry was out to have some fun...

The Devil in Disguise

Pete puffed out his chest to try and show some enthusiasm. The last time and only time he fought he almost killed the guy because of his size. But this man was entrancing his woman, along with all of the others and the women either didn’t seem to notice or didn’t care...

Te Amo

Victoria’s restaurant is booming and all it took was a couple of spells; unfortunately the church down the hill is not happy with her or her methods of successes. Victoria is surprised and not prepared at how far they will go to close her down and run her out of town.

Shadow Man

Killian had heard the rumors about this place being haunted, but was hard pressed to believe them. At least not until this night, working graveyard shift...

Karma

Belle is on a mission to keep bad karma in its place. Katrina wants to play and Lori’s stuck in the middle without realizing it. Can Lori fix her karma before Belle has to fix it for her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lynn Thompson
• Release date: Jul 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301853106

Lynn Thompson

Lynn Thompson’s place is in the Land of Enchantment, where the sky is turquoise blue, the fires rage, and there is rain and/or snow without a cloud in the sky.Lynn lives with her husband, son, dog, cat, and a tank full of fish. In her spare time she loves to hike, camp, read and write fiction.She has a degree in graphic arts and web design, but doesn’t have a specific genre that she writes her books in. She has two novels out: Blake-A Montana Dayton Novel and Sterling-A Montana Dayton Novel. She also has two short stories books out: Dark Fates and News Worthy.

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Dark Fates

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Lynn Thompson

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Wrong Number

Valerie sank deeper and deeper into sleep. Her last thought was a great night’s sleep is exactly what I need.

She sighed and snuggled into her blankets. She remembered floating then falling further into the nothingness until a dark void consumed her.

A strange entity started crawling toward her from underneath her bed. Her breathing quickened, chills pricked up her back to the top of her head. She could only see the outline of the form that wouldn’t stay out of her dreams. She didn’t want to see anymore. She didn’t want to know what it was.

No! Not Again! I need to sleep! Valerie yelled into the darkness. She yanked herself out of her dream. A sickly sucking sensation overwhelmed her right before she opened her eyes. She blinked, took a calming breath and willed her heart to slow down. A tear rolled down her cheek.

I haven't had hardly any sleep in the last month she thought as she watched her husband

snoring soundly on the other side of the bed. She inwardly screamed. The temptation to start taking sleeping pills again flooded her. But the pills didn’t help. They didn’t get rid of her nightmares. They just made it harder for her to wake herself up.

Stupid Dreams! Stupid insomnia! She screamed in her head over and over, attempting to stay awake, while she continued to watch her husband sleep. She wanted so badly to close her eyes and drop back into never-land, but she didn't want to have the nightmare again. Every night this black hole called to her when she closed her eyes. Every night she would pull herself out of it before that thing would show itself. Then she would stare at the ceiling until morning.

But tonight was different, her spirit craved sleep. Her body and mind needed slumber to rejuvenate. She couldn’t keep her eyes open. Her drowsiness took over and she drifted off back into the oblivion of the black foggy emptiness. She opened her eyes with a start and stared into the unknown, she pinched herself. She was still asleep. She tried desperately to wake herself up, to no avail. She was stuck in her nightmare.

I've been trying to find you. A raspy voice whispered through her, around her.

The outlined entity slithered up from under her bed, out of the darkness, until its skull was