Red Flags: Three Short Tales of Terror

By J.R. Snyder

Red Flags: Three Short Stories of Terror is a collection of horror stories bent on broadening the perspective of the horror genre. In the first story, meet a conventional, loving wife awaiting her husband's arrival home to celebrate their wedding anniversary who comes to discover a deceitful glittering golden package on her doorstep in Ordinary. In the second story, The Room, be the fly on the wall of a hotel room while a dying millionaire tackles the reality of her terminal illness while distracted by a completely memorizing tie the stranger wears. Look over the shoulder of a man in the story Lesson Learned as he makes a fatal mistake of pulling over along a silent highway while on the way to connect with his dead father in order rescue a young girl who appeared in need. Peek into undiscovered parallel universes to get a glimpse into the unique horror that resides as you read these three thrilling short story nightmares in Snyder's debut short story collection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.R. Snyder
• Release date: May 27, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370333387

J.R. Snyder

J. R. Snyder is a novelist, screenwriter, editor, and aspiring director with her Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing in Entertainment from Full Sail University specializing in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Her work, Ordinary, was published in the Scarlet Leaf Review issue November 2017 and her debut short story collection Red Flags: Three Short Tales of Terror was published May 2018. She often lovingly refers to herself as “a metal head who kills with kindness."

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RED FLAGS: THREE SHORT TALES OF TERROR

J.R. Snyder

Published by J.R. Snyder at Smashwords

Copyright 2018 J.R. Snyder

CONTENTS:

ORDINARY

THE ROOM

LESSON LEARNED

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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ORDINARY

An ordinary housewife cleaned her dirty dishware one beautiful weekday morning as she tried to pass the time. Today, she had opened the small window above her kitchen sink so she could admire how beautiful her backyard looked today. She smiled to herself, quite pleased how unordinary her day was so far, when a ring of the doorbell interrupted her appreciation. Surprised, the wife approached the front door and peered through the peephole.

There appeared to be