HorrAbble: 100-Word Horror Stories

Friday, May 16, 2014

My favorite horror story yet!

Hi, everyone!

My favorite horror story I've ever written appears in a new collection from the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers, "Amanda's Recurring Nightmares". I invite you to pick up a copy and check out "The Stone Baby", plus six other creepy tales. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Amandas-Recurring-Nightmares-Association-Writers/dp/1497581761/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400273706&sr=1-1&keywords=Amanda%27s+Recurring+Nightmares

Enjoy!

Bob

Friday, March 28, 2014

Something a little darker...

Another of my favorites, but certainly a bit darker than my usual stuff.

Voices

Jonas knew they couldn’t keep the baby. No matter how excited his wife had been about conceiving again, he couldn’t ignore the voices that told him the baby wasn’t theirs to keep.

Jonas carried the small bundle to the outhouse. The voices were loudest here; a droning babble rising from the stinking dark hole. He could hear them calling for the child.

He held the bundle over the opening and the tiny body tumbled out. It sank into the muck amidst a handful of tiny yellowing skulls.

The voices were silenced, except for one. Soon it was silenced, too.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

One of my favorites...

Haven't written anything new to share, but I think you'll like this one.

The Autograph

Melissa was the pop singer’s biggest fan. She had all his CD’s, and his posters plastered the walls of her bedroom like a mini shrine.

When she finally managed to get her idol’s autograph, she could hardly wait to show it off to her best friend, Stephanie.

She was going to be so jealous!

Stephanie came over to Melissa’s house. She squinted at the framed signature on the bedroom wall. It was written on a wrinkly, rough-edged yellowish rectangle.

“What’s that he signed on?” Stephanie asked.

Melissa touched the bloody bandage above her breast, smiled and shrugged.

Friday, February 7, 2014

My short horror story collection...

If you're looking for a collection of short horror fiction, check out "Tiny Terrors", my collection of 67 short horror stories:

http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Terrors-Robert-C-Eccles-ebook/dp/B0084EZDCE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1391809449&sr=1-1&keywords=tiny+terrors

Not only did I write the stories, I took most of the pictures that accompany each tale. I hope you enjoy it!

Bob

Monday, February 3, 2014

Just in time for Valentine's Day...

This is a slimmed-down version of an older story that weighed in at a bulky 208 words or so. For your reading pleasure it has been trimmed down to 100 words, including the title. Hope you enjoy it!

I Heart Tony

Having Tony around for holidays was nice, Veronica thought, carrying a small heart-shaped box of candy toward the door at the rear of the house.

She’d had boyfriend trouble, and Tony was no different; wonderful to start, then abusive, first with his mouth, then his fists. But they’d worked things out.

Veronica opened the door, stepped into the garage and opened the lid on a big freezer, revealing Tony’s corpse. She fitted the heart-shaped box into the hole in Tony’s chest and kissed his frosty lips. She smiled, licking moisture from her mouth.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, baby.”

Friday, January 31, 2014

New Podcast at Pseudopod!

If you enjoy listening to horror stories, please check out my reading of Joshua Rex's "The Unfinished Room", now live at Pseudopod! This is one seriously creepy story - I know you'll enjoy it! Follow the link:

http://pseudopod.org/2014/01/30/pseudopod-371-the-unfinished-room/

Bob