Fright Vault Volume 3: Fright Vault, #3

By William Schumpert

Enter the Fright Vault once more and brace yourself for four new tales of chilling horror and suspense in Volume 3.

From ghosts to murder, revenge to the unknown, these "dead time" stories will keep you awake at night.

 

In Last Stop Mark is desperate for a vacation from his stressful job, but finds himself losing his mind in the process.

 

Mary Doesn't Look Like Herself tells the story of a woman who will do anything to please a man, even if it means losing herself...

 

The Hip Crew follows John, who just wants to make friends, but discovers that his new club may be deadly.

 

And in No Time to Live, No Time to Die you'll discover the nightmare that Frederick has lived for the past 539 years.

 

These tales will leave you with endless goosebumps and a constant sense of terror. Are you ready to venture into the Fright Vault once more? Be prepared for some truly unpleasant screams.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Better Brains Books
• Release date: Feb 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393353737

William Schumpert

William Schumpert is an author and illustrator born and raised in Oklahoma; he graduated Southern Nazarene University in 2009 with a Bachelor's Degree in Art and Mass Communication and enjoys writing poetry, horror and short stories.

Book preview

A Pleasant Stop

CHECK IN. PUNCH THE clock. Turn in your time sheet. Advise your supervisor. Grab your to-do list. Out on the floor. Beat the clock. On the double! Time and time again it was the same for Mark- the same routine every day, on and on it went. Oh how mind numbing it became; bestowed to nothing but the same old job, that same old chore day in and day out.

Check the clerk. Clean your station. Fill your papers. Deliver the notes. On the double! Never ending and always the same. The 34 year old employee worked hard every day. But deep in his mind  his body and soul grew weary from the daily grind.

And another routine checkup. Another clock-in; another clock-out. It was the same, and the same once more

Mark could have taken a simple, more reasonable alternative as a humble associate. A bank teller or even as a sales clerk. Yet the lure of the wealthy lifestyle drove him to an elaborate degree in business; a master's degree even. He could have it all but wanted nothing, a squandering fool who chose the path of greed. Maddening day in and day out, as if he were a lab rat in a labyrinth with no escape.

He tried speaking with his colleagues on the matter. But all he would receive for a response would be  Suck it up or Try to relax some, even "What are you