The Witch of Stonecliff (2014)
“Her heart thudded against her chest, nearly drowning out the sound of her own ragged breaths.
A mossy stink tinged the frigid air. Tiny, whispered voices rose up around her, their words indiscernible.
For a moment, she was a child again, locked in the cellar, screaming, pounding on the door, clawing at the wood until her fingers were bloody. All the while the thing that lived in the darkness had drawn closer.
She needed light. She slid her hand over the rough plaster feeling for the switch.
The... whispers faded but the air turned colder. The stink intensified, putrid and rotting. Hot bile bubbled up the back of her throat. She clenched her jaw to keep from gagging. At last, her fingers brushed the switch. She pressed down, but nothing happened.
A thin whimper tore loose from her throat. She pressed again. Nothing.
“No, no, no,” she whispered, hammering the button again and again. The blackness closed in tighter.
Deep, rasping breaths rose up from behind her, choking, gurgling.
It was just like when Meris used to shut her down the cellar when she was a child.MoreLess
A mossy stink tinged the frigid air. Tiny, whispered voices rose up around her, their words indiscernible.
For a moment, she was a child again, locked in the cellar, screaming, pounding on the door, clawing at the wood until her fingers were bloody. All the while the thing that lived in the darkness had drawn closer.
She needed light. She slid her hand over the rough plaster feeling for the switch.
The... whispers faded but the air turned colder. The stink intensified, putrid and rotting. Hot bile bubbled up the back of her throat. She clenched her jaw to keep from gagging. At last, her fingers brushed the switch. She pressed down, but nothing happened.
A thin whimper tore loose from her throat. She pressed again. Nothing.
“No, no, no,” she whispered, hammering the button again and again. The blackness closed in tighter.
Deep, rasping breaths rose up from behind her, choking, gurgling.
It was just like when Meris used to shut her down the cellar when she was a child.MoreLess
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