Haunts and Chills

By Shawn Berry

A collection of twelve dark chilling short stories, both originals and from the vaults of Chiller 31 Magazine.

Take a journey to discover tales of a witch, vampires, the zombie apocalypse, a would-be thief, a dating ghost, disturbing tweets, and the dark side of humanity.

Learn of first hand encounters with the Green Man of South Park, Pennsylvania and the strange disappearance at Roney’s Point Asylum in West Virginia.

Described as a nineteenth century Penny Dreadful meets The Twilight Zone, Haunts and Chills is sure to leave your inner skeleton screaming for more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shawn Berry
• Release date: Apr 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781635353976

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Haunts and Chills

Copyright 2017 Shawn Berry

Published by Shawn Berry at Smashwords

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ISBN: 978-1-63535-397-6

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Back to School

Ice Cream

A Visit to Roney's Point

The Night Driver

The Boy from the Mall

The Green Man of South Park

The Final Tweet

The Wish Granter

The Angel in the Jewelry Store

The Neighborhood Grocery Store Stalker

The Incident that Awakened Me

The Spring Break from Hell

About Shawn Berry

Other books by Shawn Berry

Connect with Shawn Berry

Acknowledgements

This book is dedicated to my family and friends especially:

My wife Carrie for supporting all of my odd projects, my daughter Alexis for never giving up on her goals, my parents for always being there for me, and to the boy who loved Halloween, Joey Fabus, who touched the lives of so many people…learn more at http://www.jfccf.org/

Back to School

Jacob was headed off to the first night of his new evening class. It was not a college course, or even an accredited one, but one that offered life credit. He had applied for this program that was from a motivational course website.

The course was to prepare him to be the best possible person that he could possibly be. The marketing claimed the course would help make your mind think clearer so you can create your own success.

The class was being held in a local park municipality shelter building, far in the woods of the township park. Jacob thought it was an odd location, however the organization that was conducting the class was not from the area and was only going to be here temporarily, so it made sense to hold it someplace cheap with no-frills. Usually a hotel conference room is rented for these things he thought as he traversed through some rocky tree-lined back roads when suddenly he saw the old building and adjoining gravel parking lot. There were a couple of cars parked there already.

Jacob was excited to attend this class, as everything on the course syllabus seemed to indicate there were a lot of positive new things he would learn. He had read and re-read it a dozen times. He wanted something to inspire him, help him see the world differently and perhaps network with some like-minded people. Jacob was in his late thirties and just wanted something to make him feel alive, not just going through the motions day after day. Despite his many years of experience at his job, he was treated like an indentured servant. His rear only got kissed when upper management was up against a tight deadline and their problem suddenly became his.

When Jacob went into the building he saw that there were only a handful of people there all gathered around within what looked like an old classroom from the 1960's. There was a gruff, sharp dressed man that had the appearance of a middle aged, mustached lawyer talking to another man dressed in stylish business casual clothes, who looked like a "Wall Street or IBM" type. This business man smiled and said hello as Jacob entered the room, while the lawyer-looking fellow shot Jacob a quick glance and turned his attention back to the business fellow, as if Jacob was not worthy of acknowledgment.

There also were two women in the back of the room. One appeared to be young, dressed wildly but attractive, and she gave the vibe of your typical rocker gal. She had a tattoo that read Heavy Metal Forever on her shoulder. The other lady looked a little harsher, like an older addict who lived to see the inside of one too many bars or