Cover art for The Conduit, a new horror story featured in the Ink & Shadows Blog. Pointe au Baril, 2023 Dean watched her creep toward that shitty little townhouse. He drowsed. Alarms in his head blared he was sending his baby off to the gallows. How can you just sit there while she goes in? He tried to lift his head. He listened. The whispering started quietly. They sounded like a man’s voice until he really tried to focus on them. The tone would shift and evade him compreh

North Bay 2023 Lori shifted in her seat. Rain drizzled against the windshield. She bit her fingernail, picked it out of her mouth, moved on to its neighbour. “Tell me one more time.” she said. Her voice barely holding back the tension she felt inside. Dean sighed. “C’mon Lor. What more is there to say? ” “There’s a hell of a lot to say Dad, considering I just found out I’m related to a murder victim.” Lori turned her wide eyed stare on him as the silence between them slowl

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