The Red Room & Other Stories

By Jade Foss

"The Red Room" puts on display the harsh realities of having paranoia through the story of a young woman named Rylee. Feeling the constant eyes of people who may or may not be there Rylee struggles to hideaway from her past of being an operator in the elusive red rooms that circulate the dark web.

"Hospital Hallways" puts you face to face with a woman and her struggles with her own inner walls. How can she come to terms with the death of both her parents that happened in her childhood and the current state of her boyfriend sitting in a hospital with a broken leg? How much guilt does she carry as she walks the halls of that hospital, and how can she open up about it? Follow the story of Mallory as she confronts all of this and tries to build a more stable relationship with her boyfriend Vinnie.

"Pearls" highlights the noir feeling of a city that is nothing more than decrypted and cynical. However, when cold cases become too much and Carmen wants answers to the disappearance of a young girl her conversation with an old family friend shows the cracks in her strength. While speaking to Detective Winston Jones she comes to realize something much deeper is at the foot of why she is solving these cases.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jade Foss
• Release date: Dec 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005864453

Jade Foss

Jade Foss is an author with a specialization and interest in horror and psychological thrillers. In her exploration to gain her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, she is an active member of the Horror Writers Association. Jade’s writing has always been inspired by traditional horror media and the psychology of fear and how it is incorporated into horror screenplays. She writes horror to try and remind people that even if you claim to fear nothing there is always something or someone out there that can pry into your mind.

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The Red Room and Other Stories

By Jade Foss

Published by Jade Foss at Smashwords

Copyright 2020 Jade Foss

Table of Contents

The Red Room

Pearls

Hospital Hallways

The Red Room

The caw of ravens made their home in the branches of strange trees.  The more Rylee moved boxes to the porch step or paused to look at the parts of the rotted house, the louder the ravens' song grew. As the music grew, the infestation of maggots and spiders in her brain did, too. Biting and chewing on the sections of her mind that were dark. They feasted on the portions that were plagued with paranoia. A move across the country and a detachment from most things didn't help. Instead, the number of maggots and spiders