'The Short and Scary Series' The Hunted

By Cathy Pace Matthews

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? A lion, a tiger, a bear. oh my. It can get pretty tricky and scary. When what you're hunting is nothing but pure evil then that makes things a whole lot different. Kierra was hunting something and now it is hunting her. It caused the death of one of her best friends and now it may not only take her life but the life of another dear friend as well. Regardless, she has not choice but to face this thing and hope three drunken idiots don't cause her to lose the fight before it even begins.
In the eighth story of the series The Short and Scary you find out what it means to be hanging by a thread, or in this case, it could be your neck.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cathy Pace Matthews
• Release date: Feb 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463599402

Cathy Pace Matthews

I love the twisted and macabre. I also love the old horror where the thing that went bump in the night scared you and not all the blood gushing from a jagged wound that is more likely to gross you out. There is a difference. Don’t get me wrong I can do gore and quite well when I need to.I’m also not a young adult author. I’m way too old for that and personally at this point in my life I want to read a book that involves men and women over twenty five and under one hundred and twenty five. If you’re younger than that I don’t think you’ll care and if you’re older than that, then God bless you and let me know, I’ll change the upper end of the timeline.I tend to be outspoken and nothing is sacred when it comes to my writing. Well that part isn’t entirely true. The farm in the Blood Lines series is and I don’t apologize for that. I started writing because of that farm.I strive to create the unusual and different and that’s not always easy, as a matter of fact, it’s hard. I try hard not to do the tried and true.When I read a horror story I want to read a horror story. Can it have love and caring in it? Sure, but let’s keep things in perspective. I want to scare you and I’ll leave it up to other really good authors, and there are some really good ones, to give you all that other stuff.I set out to write horror. I will take you to places in my books you’ve never been before and along the way I may make you laugh because what fun is real horror if it can’t make you laugh on occasion? The good part about the humor, you still have to turn the page and what waits for you there might not be so funny.I have also recently become a producer for the short horror film, She Summoned Him. I'm looking forward to the the release.I'm married to a wonderful man, Buddy, and between us we have three very beautiful daughters. We love to travel in our converted 1963 Greyhound 4106 and discover new places and meeting new people. I grew up with four wonderful brothers, one of which is no longer with us. I was born in Mississippi, grew up in Tennessee, and fell in love with Missouri as well as a man who comes from there.I am surprised at how much writing has helped me grow as a person. I pay a lot more attention to things around me than I used to and can find a story in almost everything I see and hear. I have also learned what a truly dark sense of humor I have. I love making people raise an eyebrow at me on occasion.My husband and I were recently at a local restaurant and were picking at one another. The waiter walked up about that time and I asked if they had an oven large enough to put a body in. He asked why and after a short explanation with a wicked little gleam in his eye he told me they did. What concerned me was that wicked little gleam. I have since found out that a lot of restaurants do have ovens big enough to hold a human body. My suggestion to you is not to make the waiting staff of any eating establishment angry. You might end in up on the menu the next night.With seven books of my own under my belt, at present count, nine short story books, one exceptional book of short stories along with eight other gifted writers and the next one in the Blood Lines Series that I'm working on I'm pretty happy with where I am in my life right now.

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The Short and Scary Series

Eighth Story

The Hunted

By Cathy Pace Matthews

Copyright 2019 by Cathy Matthews

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Dedicated to

Susan Mercer

Content

Short story – The Hunted

About the Author

Books by Cathy Pace Matthews

Introduction to Blood Lines, Family Ties – Chapter 1

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The Hunted

Kierra had entered the bar a short time ago, found a booth at the rear of the place where she could sit with her back to the wall while facing the door so she could see who came in after her. She was waiting on someone and she wanted to be sure she saw him before he saw her.

Can I buy you a drink pretty lady? Kierra had been aware of the man approaching from the right side, lowering her hand to her other side she grasped the handle of one of her many weapons. He had a cock sure grin on his face, from his whole demeanor you could tell he had it in his mind that he was going to make a score here.

Do you see what is sitting in front of me? Kierra waited for the idiot to answer.

Well it looks like a drink sweetheart. The man seemed to stagger a bit.

Does it look like it needs a refill? Again, Kierra waited for the moron to answer.

Well I just thought you might like to have another after you finish that one honey. The man’s smile wavered a bit.

Look cupcake, if I need you to buy me a drink, I’ll ring your bell. Until then, I suggest you give me a wide berth. Kierra delivered this statement in what sounded almost like a growl.

The man started to put the arrogant bitch in her place but the look in her eyes told him that this was someone he didn’t want to cross. He didn’t know why but he was a little intimidated by her.

Sorry ma’am. The man said before turning away heading back to his drinking