Happy Halloween 2018! Here it is! What you have been waiting for: the complete #spookyshorts serial. Are you ready to embrace the fright? I put this out on Instagram@may_rose_maxwell and on my Facebook page https:www//facebook.com/May RoseMaxwellFanPage/,  in 5 parts but you get it all here, now. I will post it in sections as I did there for dramatic effect.

Love – #SpookyShorts pt1

Peter’s knees almost buckled from fear. He was standing in his bathroom getting ready when the feeling struck. It felt like he was having a heart attack. His hands were like ice and his mouth was like the desert. Baffled, he looked around, but everything was as it should be. He listened closely, but only heard his heavy breathing. Peter closed his eyes and tried to concentrate and that’s when he smelled her. It was the scent of pancakes, sweet and savory at the same time. That aroma of sugar and cooked butter, it was his Selena he smelled and her fear he was experiencing. He wasn’t sure how he knew, but he was positive she was terrified at this moment, and that knowledge freaked him out.

He ran to his phone and tried to call her. Voicemail. “Dammit, Lena, where are you?” He tried again with no success. He texted her. No moving dots. Her fear pressed upon his chest like a vice, although her terror was so mingled with his own he was having problems distinguishing between the two. He was at a loss. Plopping down on his bed, he held his head in his hands. Selena needed his help. He had to do something.

Part 2

He closed his eyes again and thought of her and all the reasons why he loved her. In his mind, he pictured her, the tiny mole under her left eye, the tiny smile she gave when he told a bad joke. Suddenly, the smile changed into a grimace and her eyes widened in surprise. It was like he was seeing her in real time. His whole body tensed with the need to be wherever she was, to protect her.  That was when the room began to tilt and he was dizzy and disoriented, like when you were young and spun around too long with your eyes closed. He opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by grass, trees, the dusky sky, and the overwhelming urge to puke. But before he could bend over and lose his breakfast and his mind, he saw his Selena being held up by her neck against a tree. She was scratching at the hand gripping her throat as the man who held her lowered his head closer to hers. 

“Selena!” Peter screamed as he took off running towards his reason for being. The man’s head stopped its descent and swiveled in Peter’s direction. It was like a punch in the gut and it stopped Peter in his tracks when he saw his own face staring back at him with the most wicked of smiles.

Part 3

Peter touched his own face. He felt foolish checking to see if he was still himself. But he couldn’t help feeling like he was looking in a creepy mirror. 

“What are you?” 

The man dropped Selena and tilted his head to the side. He glided in Peter’s direction. “Hmm, what are you? There’s something extra there. You’re sure to be a tasty morsel.”

“Why do you look like me?”

“Oh, that?” The faux Peter’s face began to morph. First, he was Selena, then another female that Peter didn’t recognize. Then faster and faster the faces changed from person to person making it impossible to make out any specific details. What made it more disturbing, because Peter was definitely disturbed, was that the thing kept talking.

“We Soul Stealers have the ability to change our appearances. If it’s a person whose soul we’ve stolen we can totally become them memories and all. When I feed, I enjoy taking on the appearance of my victim’s loved one. It’s like dipping my meal in a sauce of fear and betrayal, a unique and delicious flavor. The betrayal gives it a little more bite than fear alone. Of course, that will be impossible to use on you, since you’ve seen me be you. A shame really, but I’m thinking your flavor will still be special since you aren’t completely human yourself. 

Part 4

The soul stealer was now in front of Peter, but before he could figure out what he wanted to do the point of a sword protruded out of its chest and then disappeared as blood gushed out of the hole.

“Move! Run, Peter! Even though that might’ve looked lethal, I only stabbed through one of his hearts. He will heal.” Selena was now dragging him by his arm. 

“What is going on Lena?”

“There’s no time to explain. You’re going to have to call out his hearts!”

“You’re gonna have to explain that!”

“Here’s what you need to know.” Lena stopped talking as she pulled him down behind a bush. “You need to hurry before he picks up our scent. You are an Attractor, and you can draw yourself to things and you can draw things to you. I’m not sure what unlocked your powers. It must’ve been something extreme, but the fact that you appeared here out of thin air means they are definitely unlocked. Which means that you can easily kill the soul stealer. Ordinarily, it’s not easy to get both hearts before the other one heals.” 

The information was overloading Peter’s brain. “Attractor? Soul Stealer? Two hearts?”

“Yes, two hearts. One holds his soul the other holds the souls he steals. We can go into more detail later. Now, you have to concentrate and desire for both of his hearts to be in your hand. I know you can do it because you drew yourself here and we’re on the other side of town from your apartment. Do it, Peter! Do it now!”

Part 5

Everything seemed incredibly unbelievable right then but Peter had faith in Selena and the fact that he was no longer at home didn’t hurt. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the soul stealer.  That crazy face morphing came to his mind. It sent shivers down his spine and would haunt him for years to come. His concentration faltered when he heard the thing hissing his name. It was getting closer.

“Babe you have to hurry. It’s already healed from my attack.”

Peter tried to cut off all outside stimuli. He held out his hand and tried to picture two beating hearts. This time he concentrated on the thing’s voice. There was a heart-wrenching shriek, literally, that made Peter attempt to cover his ears with his hands. He stopped when he felt warm moist flesh brush his cheek. In his horror, he flung the two bloody lumps high in the air causing reddish-black blood to fly and splatter everywhere. Selena quickly sliced them in half with her sword. He couldn’t hide his look of disgust as bits of muscle, sinew and ooze landed on his face and chest with a wet splat. She half smiled at him and shrugged.

“It’s not so bad. Hydrogen peroxide helps get the blood out.”

 

So there it is! I hope you have a Happy Halloween 2018! I hope this added to your fun.

Let me know which story was your favorite.