Short Shocks with Kevin Lenaghan

A lonely nun tries to resurrect the dead, stirring terrible forces and endless guilt.

What does it take to create a ghost, and why do they do what they do...?

Content Warning: Injury Detail, Violence

Original Text Version: When It Hits and How It Hurts. — Street Spirits and River Monsters (kevinlenaghan.com)

A little deaf girl witnesses a child stealing creature in the dead of night.

It's time for a stakeout...

A tale of heartbreak and revenge in the harsh snow of the arctic circle...

Original text version here: Tupilaq — Street Spirits and River Monsters (kevinlenaghan.com)

A girl awakes to find her house bereft of it's usual inhabitants, though it is by no means empty. A story of grief and bereavement.

Three young siblings must fend for themselves, as starvation and hoplessness give way to fear of what may be stalking them from the woods...

 

Text drafts of all stories available here: Street Spirits and River Monsters (kevinlenaghan.com)

John Fergus loses something very important to him on a camping holiday, but gains a new friend while trying to get it back. 

N.B. Never pitch your tent in a fairy ring...

A homeless man seemingly stumbles across the answer to all his problems, but the price is often high when it comes to forces beyond your understanding...

This weeks story:

A young woman makes what she hopes will be a life changing move to the countryside, but isolation soon takes it's toll, and there are more dangerous things than loneliness in these woods...