Lucas waved a hand in a distinct direction she didn’t glance at. “Is it true, then? Y’all are the guardians or some shit over a petrified demon, and that’s why your mom needs to oversee the sale?” He tilted his blonde head. “You know, we used to come out here and dare each other to go up and touch it. The thing’s creepy as fuck.”
Sidney let out a nervous giggle, but she avoided looking where Lucas had gestured as well. “Very creepy. I don’t know how y’all sleep in the house knowing it’s in your yard.”
Daisy feigned nonchalance and shrugged, refusing to admit to herself or them that she found the thing fascinating in a macabre way
It truly looked like a demon from hell—minus the horns and tail. It possessed big, leathery wings that lay flush against its back, blending in with the black tattered clothes draping over its lean body, absent of any fat. Claws adorned its bird-like feet, the heels coming to a point that also had a claw.
Feet meant for grabbing prey off the ground.
She shook the thought off. Under the low moonlight, it would be hard to see the thing with its grey-black skin, arms tied and looped around the back of a twelve-foot-tall stake.
According to Mom, the thing had been there for generations, never moving and never changing. The townspeople knew all about it, and, obviously, the kids made a game out of approaching it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
M.L. Knight is a self-published author who enjoys things that go bump in the night. Her favorite horror movie is Evil Dead 2 and her favorite holiday is Halloween. She channels her love for the strange and unusual by writing erotic, horror-inspired stories. When she’s not cooking up something dark and depraved, she’s tackling her never ending TBR, studying for her nursing degree or lifting heavy weights. And she’s got one question to ask you. What’s your favorite scary movie?
Erotic Horror Publisher: G & G Publishing Publication Date: October 11, 2024 Page count: 100 pages
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SYNOPSIS:
A
sexually open-minded couple, Lester and Val, have recently moved into a stylish
yet eerie apartment building.
Val's
curiosity is piqued when she starts to receive unusual messages and requests
from an anonymous messenger.
Lester
is also cautiously intrigued, as Val starts to fulfill the requests.
A
suspected sex club soon becomes media headlines when a former member
disappears, and the club is reported to have vacated its last premises.
As
the messages persist, Lester and Val start to question whether the anonymous
messenger is connected to the clandestine club mentioned in the media, and if
there is any link between him or the club and the odd newcomers in the
apartment next door.
Val looked at the man again. He was definitely not a real
estate agent. He was thick bodied; his muscles shaping the suit. Gold rings
gripped his thick fingers. He soon found the right key and the trio let
themselves into the apartment. Val stepped back from the peephole. They weren’t
strange looking necessarily; it was just that something about them seemed off.
The young girl looked frightened.
are they my new neighbours
where is the agent
they do lend the key sometimes
has the apartment already sold
Val sat at the
kitchen table. Felt ripples of excitement. They were an attractive trio.
very attractive
mysterious
Her head raced with the possibilities of having the group as
neighbours.
who are they
it's as if they came out of the walls
The young girl seemed submissive. Thin. Lithe. The older
woman had a fuller frame. She strode down the hallway with authority.
Definitely seemed to be the man’s lover. He wasn’t handsome, but his presence
was strong. Purposeful. Val was sure he would put the women to work. The
excitement of those images let off stabs in her stomach. Visualizations upon
visualization. She soon cast herself into the scenarios.
when did i start thinking like this
is lester responsible
am i
She felt the walls watching her. She felt the presence of
something again. It. It. That man. Again. Even though he was standing in the
darkness, she could clearly see his silhouette. He was there.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Gregory
Pakis is an Australian author, film-maker, actor and wacky vlogger.
He
has written the short story, The Lonely Australian of the Asian Night; the soon
to be released horror-suspense novellas, The Regressor and He., and Memoir of a
Suburban Hoe-Bo, which is partly an account of when he lived out of a van for
ten years in Melbourne.
Gregory
Pakis is also the writer / director of the feature films, The Garth Method
(2005) and The Joe Manifesto (2013), which have won national and international
awards and been distributed through Accent Entertainment, Label, Vanguard
Cinema.
Gregory's
more informal video projects are the feature documentaries, Garth Goes
Hitch-Hiking (2007) and Garth Lives in a Van (2011) which have screened at film
festivals in Australia.
More
recently, he has created the comedy series, suBURPieS and his Wacky Vlog which
can found on his socials.
Gregory
has been featured in articles in newspapers, The Age, The Herald Sun, Beat
Magazine, Inpress, FILMINK, and the Neos Kosmos. He has been interviewed on
radio by the ABC, 3RRR, SYN FM, 3CR.
This waking nightmare of erotic horror delivers as promised!
He. is a short erotic horror novel by Gregory Pakis
featuring married couple Val and Lester, who have recently moved into a new apartment
building and begun attending a series of swingers parties held in a private
home nearby. Although they have yet to join in the “play” there, they are
intrigued but just not comfortable or titillated enough to participate yet. But
then, Val receives a cryptic cellphone text directing her to a particular spot
in their apartment’s garden, where she discovers a note with a single-word
command on it: “Initiate.”
The narrative is mostly from Val’s perspective. It allows
the reader access to her intimate thoughts of curiosity, confusion, and desire
as she follows later messages and experiences several dream-like sexual experiences
at the hands of the seductive mystery man who sent them. As she leans into the
pleasures he provides, she yearns for his approval of her reactions to his ministrations,
all with the support of her husband Lester, who is slowly edged out of the
action and into a spectator’s role. Adding to the mystery is a detective looking
into the disappearance of a young man, who is somehow linked to a local underground
sex club called “Stealth X,” which Val believes has relocated to the apartment
next door to her and Lester.
The story is definitely adult material (NSFW), the action is
vividly and graphically portrayed, and the demarcation line separating Val’s
reality and dream life quickly disintegrates. The denouement is tense, and it
is immediately followed by an ending that left much unexplained. I was left wanting a better understanding of what happened. Trigger warnings for all of the sexual situations and
body horror.
I recommend HE. to readers of erotic horror.
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