A Flash Of Horror

By Karina Kantas

12 chilling and though-provoking tales that will stay with you for nights to come.
Are you ready to delve into the dark side?

 

A Flash Of Horror is a collection of horror, short and flash fiction from my two collections Heads & Tales and Undressed.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Karina Karina
• Release date: Sep 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393763895

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A FLASH OF HORROR

an Electric Eclectic book

By Karina Kantas

This is a work of fiction. All characters and events in this book are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. There is mature content in this book.

This is a collection of dark horror from the published books Heads & Tales and Undressed and some originals thrown in.

Welcome to the dark side. I hope you enjoy.

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A FLASH OF HORROR

© 2019  Karina Kantas

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof in any form.

Cover art by Alexia Kanta

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License Notes

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author.

Table of Contents

Haunted by His Absence

Soul Puppet

Virus

Crossed

Eve of Terror

Man on the Edge

Poison

Careful What You Wish For

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Butterfly Effect

Ergot

Flight Jitters

HAUNTED BY HIS ABSENCE

I have a fear of clowns. I’ve had this fear since I was six years old.

I won’t have any clowns in my house, and I’m talking about pictures, toys, and ornaments. I’ve never been to a circus, and I probably never will. Have you noticed films that have clowns in them are mostly horrors?

I’m going to tell you where this fear stems from; in the hope it will give me some closure.

I’d only just turned six. I remember because my aunt had bought me a life-sized clown for my birthday - well, for a six-year-old it was life-sized.

I called him Clarence. He wore white, with red polka-dotted baggy trousers, and a green velvet waistcoat with large fluffy, yellow buttons. His hair was bright yellow and straw-like. He had blue made-up eyes, a large red mouth and of course, a round cherry-red nose.

I’ve probably described any clown. However, there was something different about this clown, something sinister even.

To be honest, I didn’t take to him at all. I tried though. I’d play with him and be nice to him, and I’d even let him sit on the rocking horse beside my bed. But there was something not quite right about