Nightmares- Volume 15

By Billy Wells

Nightmares-Volume 15- 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:
THE TROLL: Lieutenant Ramsey is on the trail of a strange woman who kidnaps seven children every ten years and eats them to stay young.
SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE: Randolph and Francene have come from the cemetery with some friends to visit a house where they lived when they were alive.
COLD CALLS: Mortimer will stop at nothing to find new clients for a failing funeral parlor business passed down to him by his ruthless father.
"SOMEONE TO KILL: Brent has a butcher knife, and he's looking for someone to kill on a lonely
street tonight."""
THE ABHORRENT CLUB: A group of depraved multimillionaires sponsor a freak show for their annual event.

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: Jul 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798201052805

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 15

A Billy Wells Horror Anthology

Five Selections From

Black As Night, Shivers & Other Nightmares, Don't Look Behind You, Scary Stories-Vols. 1-6, Midnight Snacks, & Scare Factory

Copyright © 2023 by Billy Wells

Published by Billy Wells at Smashwords

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Contents

The Troll

Something in the House

Cold Calls

Someone To Kill

The Abhorrent Club

About Billy Wells

Reviews in Today’s World

THE TROLL

Another one? Lieutenant Ramsey snarled into the phone at his desk at Police Headquarters. That’s the seventh kid we know of in the last six months, and there may be more. Keep the parents occupied until I arrive. I should be there in ten minutes, traffic permitting.

Ramsey pulled into a no parking zone in his Crown Vic near the New York entrance to the Black Shadow Bridge. Above the roofline of the low rise tenements, he saw the sun disappearing in the distance. His partner, Muldoon, was standing on the corner with a young couple. They were all holding cups with the Dunkin’ Donuts logo. Ramsey joined them and immediately noticed the woman’s eyes were red and her cheeks wet with tears.

This is Curt and Jean Reston. Their eight-year-old son, Aiden, is missing since about 4:30. An elderly woman they encountered under the bridge may have kidnapped him, Muldoon explained.

Tell me about it, Ramsey said, pulling out a small notebook from his suit pocket.

The young man cleared his throat and said, We went for an afternoon walk across the bridge about quarter to four. We just wanted a little exercise before dinner. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold. On the New Jersey side, we saw something shiny close to one of the pillars down near the water line. We didn’t see anyone under the bridge so we went down the stairs to investigate."

Don’t you know about the children who have disappeared around here lately? Ramsey interrupted.

Sure, we know about it. Curt responded. We live in a three-floor walkup only five blocks from the entrance to the bridge. Jean and I grew up here. In spite of its reputation, this is home to us. Wherever we go, we keep an eye out for trouble. It’s a way of life around here.

I told you we should have moved away when your father offered you that job, Jean snapped, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.

Tell me when you discovered Aidan missing, Ramsey said, writing in his notebook.

We found what looked like a diamond ring on the ground, Curt continued. We immediately thought about the possibility of a reward or pawning it if no one claimed it. After both of us scrutinized the ring, we felt an odd sensation of dizziness come over us. Suddenly, from behind a pillar, a shriveled up old woman came from out of nowhere. I’m not shitting you when I say she was the ugliest woman I’d ever seen. She had a gigantic mole on the tip of her nose, and one eye looked like a big black marble bulging from one socket. It didn’t move at all. While I stood there gawking at her, she grabbed the ring from my fingers and claimed she’d dropped it earlier in the day. I started to object, but there was something about her that was so frightening and intimidating, I was afraid to.

I told Curt to forget the ring, Jean agreed. We both had a bad feeling about the old hag. She was the closest thing to an honest to God witch I ever saw. There was an evil presence about her that chilled me to the bone. Her voice sounded like a frog croaking.

And when she appeared from out of nowhere, I could feel the power of her mind on mine like she was casting a spell on me. I felt like I was walking in a dream for a minute or two, Curt explained. And when I awoke, Aiden was gone. The ring, the ugly woman, and some kind of weird feeling had distracted us long enough for Aidan to disappear without a trace. Jean had the same reaction to her as I did. Afterward she seemed to disappear like magic. Neither of us saw her go up the stairs to the street, and we couldn’t find a place for her to hide under the bridge.

Three more policemen arrived dressed in black uniforms and started combing the area.

Turning to Curt, Ramsey looked him square in the face, "Had you been drinking or taking drugs before you took your walk? It seems impossible for the