A Walking Nightmare

Taking a wrong Freeway Exit to a part of the city abandoned by most, a scholarly woman learns what prowls these dark forsaken blocks after breaking down and losing all contact with Civilization. Frantic steps carry her farther from safety and security, as a brilliant intellect begins to unravel.

Armed by an electric torch, blank pages from a Spiral Notebook and a used Ballpoint Pen, Alexis Little Joyce struggles to leave an urgent warning — to communicate from beyond what seems certain to be a gruesome demise. These last words on paper will be all that remain of her, the woman feels certain.

Members of a terrifying subterranean horde toy with and track her, while Alexis is burdened by woeful haunting memories. Captured, she desperately escapes to hunker in a refuge and channel her final thoughts into a message that might convey some hope if found . . . floating in the metal tube of a flashlight.

The bulb grows dim. Her ink supply diminishes, along with her odds for survival. Alexis wonders each minute whether she is alone, or has already been discovered.

“A Walking Nightmare” is a stunning part of the Author’s long-awaited Ghost and Ghoul Collection, SPOOKTACULAR TALES.