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    Fright Night
    Fright Night
    Fright Night
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    Fright Night

    By Tunbridge Wells Writers

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    A thrilling new collection of short stories for Halloween brought to you by the Tunbridge Wells Writers. These thirteen tales of encounters with the supernatural range from circus freaks to fairground gypsies, bloodthirsty pets and a supernatural being you really don't want to find in your attic. Enough psychological suspense and all round creepiness to send a shiver down your spine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTunbridge Wells Writers
    Release dateSep 29, 2014
    ISBN9781310544705
    Fright Night
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    Tunbridge Wells Writers

    Tunbridge Wells Writers is a writers collective operating from the beautiful spa town of Tunbridge Wells in England. Formed in 2010 it is made up poets, fiction and non-fiction writers, bloggers and other waifs and strays.

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      Fright Night - Tunbridge Wells Writers

      Fright Night

      Stories for Halloween

      By

      Tunbridge Wells Writers

      FRIGHT NIGHT

      COPYRIGHT NOTICE

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Published by Tunbridge Wells Writers Publications at Smashwords

      Copyright © (2014) for individual stories remains that of the named author.

      All rights reserved.

      While offered freely for personal use the stories in this collection should not be reproduced without the permission of the relevant author(s). All unauthorised commercial use is expressly prohibited. Links for the Tunbridge Wells Writers website, Facebook and Meet-Up pages can be found in the introduction to this book.

      The cover art for this book is a detail from 'Halloween', a freely available Desktop Wallpaper downloaded from http://www.deviantart.com

      Created by SandraVollrath (aka ApoTerra) © Sandra Vollrath.

      The full image can be viewed and downloaded here: http://apoterra.deviantart.com/art/Halloween1920x1080-183762404

      Published by Tunbridge Wells Writers

      Publications at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014

      Angela Allen

      Carolyn Gray

      David Smith

      Enrique Reilly

      Jess Mookherjee

      Jess Whyte

      Kate Loverage

      Katrina Ray

      Peter Seal

      Philip Holden

      Simon John Cox

      Sue Marlow

      With special thanks to Cat Hummel for acting as proof reader and all round superstar on this project. Thanks also go to the Black Pig and its staff in Tunbridge Wells for hosting the Tunbridge Wells Writers Halloween event in October 2013 where all of the following stories were read aloud in controlled conditions and under the influence of spirits.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS WRITERS: An Introduction

      A NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS by Katrina Ray

      JACK DAWE by Enrique Reilly

      CATWOMAN by David Smith

      MURDERING WORDS by Carolyn Gray

      THE LADY IN WHITE by Angela Allen

      NINE-HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE WORDS by Philip Holden

      THE WEDDING NIGHT by Jessica Whyte

      THE HOST by Kate Loverage

      ATOC by Simon John Cox

      THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE by Jess Mookherjee

      NIGHT WATCH by David Smith

      NINE O'CLOCK by Sue Marlow

      NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH by Peter Seal

      THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS WRITERS

      An Introduction

      Tunbridge Wells Writers is a small collective of would-be writers living in and around the much-maligned town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. We meet once a fortnight to discuss all aspects of writing, to offer mutual support and encouragement, to swap ideas and writing tips, and, on occasion, to work together on group projects like this one. Several of us, in the great writer tradition, also like to take the opportunity to down a few glasses of wine and/or beer, which is one of the reasons we meet in a local pub. 

      Neither a fondness for alcohol nor residence in Tunbridge Wells are prerequisites for membership of the group, however, so if you, dear reader, have similar literary ambitions but prefer soft drinks or live elsewhere please feel free to join us either in the flesh or through our website or Facebook page which are found -     

      Here: Tunbridge Wells Writers Website

      and on social media: Facebook Page  and Twitter

      We also promote the group through Meet-Up, where dates and times of upcoming meetings are always available, Meet Up Page

      A NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS

      By Katrina Ray

      Roll up, roll up, come see the show! Entertainment! Thrills! And even some chills! We’ve got it all at the World Famous Bramhall Circus of Freaks. I, Thaddeus J. Bramhall, extend a most cordial welcome to you, my esteemed audience. Venture over the threshold and your senses will be confounded in ways you never even dreamed possible. So don’t be shy, step inside and enter a world beyond your imagination!

      Every night it’s the same glib patter, the same tired jokes repeated for the gullible public. Pathetic rubes, so eager to part with their hard-earned coin, too blind and stupid to see these wonders and enchantments are nothing but cheap trickery.

      Every time we set up camp in some two-horse town the God-botherers come to call, demanding we leave, insisting our kind aren’t welcome. So much for Christian charity. Theirs might just be the greatest parlour trick of all, a con backed up by its very own book. So we pay no mind. They tell us to move on but I know that come nightfall we’ll have a queue of eager dupes waiting to be astounded, looking for real live miracles. More fool them.

      The enticing scents of hot chestnuts and caramel, sweetmeats from Turkey and even coffee from the Americas draw the crowds, nostrils twitching and mouths salivating. A single taste is all it takes to get you hooked and before you know it you’d sell your soul to the Devil himself for just one more mouthful of this strange brew. Sweet treats to spin your mind with dervish visions are all just bitter dust and ashes that leave nothing but a headache in the morning. You see, selling dreams is my business, even if they turn to shit when you awake.

      They pass through the entrance, these naïve idiots, hoping to see exotic creatures from all corners of the globe. They’re looking for spectacle, for wonders and sensations, awe-inspiring phenomena with just that little hint of danger, something to set the skin prickling and the spine tingling. So they gaze

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