Nightmares- Volume 14

By Billy Wells

Nightmares- Volume 14- A Billy Wells Horror Anthology A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. Remember, after midnight, the dark has teeth, and dead things bump in the night.
The nightmares include:
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: The meat at Big Mama's Restaurant is extremely fresh.
FAIR GAME: After pushing a commuter into a subway train, a serial killer stops at a bar for a beer and strikes up a conversation with a stranger he decides to kill as well.
SOMETHING IN THE ICE: A teenager finds a monster frozen in the lake on the same day big cats have escaped from the local zoo and are gobbling up the town folk.
ALLERGIC REACTION: Dr. Wishbone sends little Bradley to a retreat to see if his peculiar rash will improve while away from home.
JEHOVAH'S DISCIPLE: A serial killer believes he has superhuman powers because he is doing God's work.
A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. Look no further if you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre, if you dare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Billy Wells
• Release date: Jun 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215366479

Billy Wells

I have published eleven collections of horror stories with surprise endings, Check out my latest video for the gory detailsI have written 238 short stories so far in my quest to exceed Ray Bradbury's 400 short stories. It goes without saying it will be an uphill climb.Stephen King is my favorite horror writer, and I admire what King has accomplished in the horror genre in terms of movies made from his considerable volume of work.My channels on You Tube has amassed over 7,000,000 hits, mostly from my "Dead Celebrities" videos and have over 13,000 subscribers.I love movies and had seen over 1,500 by the age of 13 when there was snow on 13 channels after midnight.I read constantly and have rated over 700 books on Goodreads.My favorite horror movies are Halloween, Night of the Living Dead, and the Evil Dead. My favorite movie of all time Is Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life with James Stewart. My favorite authors are Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, John Sandford, Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Clive Cussler, James Patterson, Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, Edgar Allen Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Lee Burke, Richard Matheson, Lee Child, and Jack Kilborn/Konrath.Since reviews are the life's blood of every author, I would greatly appreciate a review of any of my books and hold anyone who does in high esteem for all eternity.

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Nightmares-Volume 14

A Billy Wells Horror Anthology

Five Selections From

Black As Night, Shivers & Other Nightmares, Don't Look Behind You, Scary Stories-Vols. 1-5, Midnight Snacks, Scare Factory, and Stories To Make Your Skin Crawl

Copyright © 2023 by Billy Wells

Published by Billy Wells at Smashwords

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This story is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

Contents

Under New Management

Fair Game

Something in the Ice

Allergic Reaction

Jehovah’s Disciple

About Billy Wells

Reviews in Today’s World

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Police Officer Bill Harriman entered Big Mama’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor during his lunch break. He took the only empty stool at the counter next to a young boy with a mop of red hair and a face full of freckles sitting next to the wall.

Handing him a menu, a middle-aged waitress with severe acne asked in a drawl as thick as peanut butter, Would you like some coffee? I just made a fresh pot.

He nodded and watched the old timer to his right grimace as he struggled to his feet and shuffled to the cashier to pay his bill.

The waitress returned, put a cup and saucer in front of Harriman, and poured some coffee. You know what you want, honey, or do you need more time?

How are the liver and onions? he said, placing a wad of gum in a napkin on the counter.

The best in town. The liver’s fresh as can be and comes with two sides.

Sounds good. Let me have mashed potatoes, green beans, and an extra roll, if you don’t mind.

"The waitress jotted the order down on her pad and placed it on a revolving lazy susan with the others.

Turning to the left, Harriman noticed a Sears catalogue on the counter and pictures of toys the youngster had marked with a crayon. Since Christmas was only a few days away, he looked at the boy and said with a friendly smile, What’s Santa bringing you for Christmas, son?

There’s no such thing as Santa Claus, the boy said solemnly.

Shocked by this reply, the policeman wondered if the children at the table in front of the counter had heard this. He moved closer to the boy and whispered, Most kids your age do believe in Santa, and they’re gonna be very disappointed on Christmas Day if you’re right. I believed in Santa when I was your age. Who told you there’s no Santa?

My mother told me, the boy replied, turning a page of the catalog.

Haven’t you seen Santa at the mall and all the kids who sit on his knee and tell him what they want for Christmas?

My mother says they’re just men in Santa suits.

Do you get presents on Christmas morning?

Yes.

And you don’t think Santa brings them.

Nope. My mother brings them.

What about the Easter Bunny?

There’s no such thing as the Easter Bunny.

The two little girls at the table behind them heard this and started to cry. Their parents glared at Harriman and the boy and placed some cash on the table. Gathering their things, they hauled the wailing girls out the front door.

The officer regretted starting the conversation about Santa with the boy. The restaurant had re-opened under new management only a week before. The last thing he wanted to do was alienate new customers. He could see in the mirror behind the counter the lunch crowd was thinning out.

The waitress placed a plate with an enormous portion of liver and onions, mashed potatoes, and green beans on the counter and refilled his coffee cup. She forgot the extra roll. Cutting off a generous helping of liver, he saw to his dismay that it was blood red. It was a lot more rare than he had bargained for, but he decided not to make an issue of it or the roll.

While chewing his third piece of liver, he bit into a chunk of gristle. He felt his throat spasm as he extracted the inedible piece of cartilage from his mouth without the waitress seeing and placed it in a napkin beside the plate. On the next slice, he bit into a small bone, which caused his misaligned jaw to gnaw off a piece of the inside of his cheek. He didn’t understand the gristle and bone in calf’s liver, but decided to quit while he was ahead. He didn’t finish the remainder of the raw, mystery meat and pledged never to order liver and onions from Big Mama in the future.

Harriman caught a glimpse of what appeared to be an emaciated woman flitting across the corner of the pass-through behind the counter. Since no one alive could be as thin as the figure he thought he saw, he wondered if last night’s scary zombie movie had caused his eyes to play tricks