Stranded

By Michael DeFellipo

This Christmas, we get to pick our poison.

What would I rather do? Spend the holiday with my over-bearing, stifling family in an isolated cabin, or fall prey to a mysterious beast on an isolated highway in the middle of a blizzard? For my boyfriend, Aaron, and I, this is going to be a Christmas to remember...if we even survive.

Stranded is a horror-drama novelette from the mind of Michael DeFellipo. It converts to 13 pages of Word document in length and 7,848 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael DeFellipo
• Release date: Dec 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463548721

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Stranded

A Novelette by Michael DeFellipo

Cover Art by Michael DeFellipo

Edited by Nicole Dyson

All contents copyrighted on 12/03/2018

Published by Shillow Productions through Amazon Kindle Services and Smashwords

This e-book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places and incidences are a product of the author’s imagination and are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No part of this work may be copied, printed or stored without permission of the author. All rights reserved.

Stranded

A Novelette by Michael DeFellipo

Is it too late to turn the car around?

I briefly glance from the dark road ahead of me, casting a half-serious glare at my boyfriend. We were less than an hour and fifteen minutes away from our destination. The snow was falling so densely that it looked like fog, and it was accumulating at a rapid pace. He already knew the answer. I love him too much to let him think otherwise. It’s time to put the final nail in the coffin.

Yes, it’s way too late. You’re trapped.

Aaron turns to me and even in my peripheral vision I can tell he’s a man with a plan. His blonde hair peaks out from the edge of a dark blue beanie he has pulled over his head. What if I buy you a present? Or, ya know, give you road head.

I wink at him. Tempting, but no. Nice try, though.

Christmas is in two days. Presents will be given then. There is no need for Aaron to waste anymore money on me this season. We already set our budget, met it, and wrapped that debate. Literally. Money wasn’t an issue for either of us, but we enjoy keeping things simple. Easy. Life and love are about so much more than luxuries, vacations and special gifts. They’re about time and energy, too. The moments that are instantly committed to memory because they’re absolutely perfect and mellow.

Damnit Hayden, he grits his teeth at me. Don’t you think this was something I should have been made aware of before I agreed to tagging along?

He’s talking about the bombshell I just dropped.