The Twitter Bully

By Stewart Bint

Originally appearing in Awethology Dark, a short story anthology published by Plaisted Publishing House Ltd., New Zealand, Stewart Bint’s acclaimed horror novella The Twitter Bully is now available as this stand-alone edition.

The 7,300-word fantasy tale ruthlessly explores the devastating consequences that sustained harassment on Twitter have for a young girl, Annie Galway, and how karma exacts a terrifying and horrific revenge on the teenager responsible.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stewart Bint
• Release date: Apr 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370407446

Stewart Bint

Writer: novelist - four novels and a short story collection traditionally published in print and ebook (To Rise Again, The Jigsaw And The Fan, Timeshaft, In Shadows Waiting, and Thunderlands); magazine columnist; public relations writer .Previous roles include radio newsreader, phone-in host, and presenter.Married to Sue, with two grown-up children, Chris and Charlotte, and a budgie called Bertie.Usually barefoot.Lives in Leicestershire, UK.

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The Twitter Bully

By Stewart Bint

Copyright 2017 Stewart Bint

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The Twitter Bully originally appeared in Awethology Dark, published by

Plaisted Publishing House Ltd

New Zealand

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The Twitter Bully is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to similarly named places or to persons living or deceased is unintentional.

The Twitter Bully is dedicated to anyone who has been bullied, stalked, harassed or abused in any way on Twitter, or, indeed, on any social media platform.

The Twitter Bully

They were the two most terrifying sounds I’d ever heard.

That awful ratcheting as the handcuffs locked around my wrists, securing them uncompromisingly behind my back. And the ominous clang as the thick steel door slammed shut, imprisoning me in this tiny square cell…the walls less than two yards apart.

So here I am, my bare feet freezing on the rough stone floor – yes, my shoes and socks were taken from me as soon as I arrived at this godforsaken place.

I glance up at the clock in the ceiling. I know, weird, isn’t it? A clock in the ceiling. It’s the only thing in this dimly-lit cell. Apart from me, of course. The clock’s telling me I’ve been here for just over an hour.

I thought she might have freed my hands when she locked me in; I’m not going anywhere or doing anything, am I, incarcerated within these stone walls? But oh no, she just shoved me through that steel door, leaving my hands cuffed behind me.

Again I pull at the short chain keeping them there, but to no avail. In the early moments after that horrendous