Under the Moonlight, A Thousand Eternities: 52 Short Stories in 52 Weeks, #3

By Daniel Fellows

Tabitha Green is an avid historian, expecially when it comes to the local history of the cemetary. She could read and research about it all day long.

Tabitha has "convinced" some of her friends to make a midnight journey to the cemetary for an "experiment" they'll never forget. To duplicate what Tabitha has seen her aunt and uncle do on a number of occasions.

However, what she uncovers and summons isn't exactly what she expects and Tabitha and her friends must think fast or they could be "guests" of the cemetary for a very long time.

This is the third written story in the author's challenge of writing 52 short stories in 52 weeks. Follow him in the challenge as Daniel Fellows writes everything from fantasy, science fiction, horror and everything in between.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel Fellows
• Release date: Feb 13, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224921416

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Under the Moonlight, A Thousand Eternities

Daniel Fellows

Copyright © 2024 by Daniel Fellows

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Contents

Under the Moonlight, A Thousand Eternities

Acknowledgments

About Author

Other Titles by the Author

The moon floated high in the dark night sky, like the eye of a cyclops staring down from the heavens. A blanket of clouds covered patches of the night sky, covering a good portion of the stars twinkling above, floating in a southerly direction. The light from the full moon was enough so the five girls trudging through the thick weeds surrounding the cemetery didn’t have to use the torches they had brought with them. They walked in relative silence as they approached the cemetery fence, the only significant sound they made was the snapping and crunching of dead and dried twigs and weeds. They had started to pick up the pace a little when a dog in the distance had started to howl and bark from a neighbouring yard, one of the very few near the cemetery. The empty blocks of land surrounding the cemetery had been earmarked for property development in the past but local neighbourhood groups had objected and interceded. Petitions had been signed, a few picketed marches had occurred and certain town officials had been confronted. As a result, the land around the cemetery remained vacant.

They were aware they weren’t the only ones who had braved