Nightmare Beach
By Michael Crow
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Copywrite 2009 Michael Crow
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Jen and David cuddled
on beach warming themselves by the campfire letting their afternoon
picnic settle as the sun set over the ocean. The trip was already
better than last year's considering Jen didn't come back to camp with
a case of poison ivy while squatting in the woods. David also seemed
to be acting differently this evening as well; she didn't know why
but he was in a particularly good mood.
Their romantic
evening didn't last long as a tall, bearded man walked their
direction along the secluded beach.
As the man approached
David stood up and waved, "Hello, it's a wonderful evening out
here, isn't it?"
The man didn't respond to the
greeting just kept advancing, now just feet from the couple with his
cold, emotionless eyes fixed on David. In response, David took a step
back pushing Jen behind him, "Look man, we're just…."
The
man quickly reached into his jacket and brandished a large knife and
before David could react plunged it into his gut, splattering blood
across the white sand.
As David fell, the man growled, "You
do not belong here!", and reached for Jen as she turned to run.
She was not quick enough; he grabbed her around the neck from behind
and sunk the bladed into her lower back with an upward motion. Jen
crumbled to the sand, life oozing out of her body. The man continued
his walk down the beach.
Jen looked over at David's lifeless
body and noticed a shiny diamond ring lying next to his pocket in the
sand. Tears streamed down her face nearly as fast as the life flowing
from her. Through her pain, she crawled to David. She took his hand,
kissed him and faded into the darkness.
A note from the author:
Thanks for reading my story; I hope you enjoyed reading it. If you liked this story I hope you'll take the time to read some of my other works.
About the author:
Michael began writing
in his early teens with a story about an angry dwarf and has spent
the better part of the last twenty years writing fiction. Now he
focuses on writing horror. In his spare time he loves to read horror
novels, watch movies and sports, hunt and chat online. Michael lives
in Southwestern Minnesota with his wife, daughter and two cats.