The Dead Ones

Working-class horror from the back of the park. No magic, no light at the end of the tunnel—just the dead ones and a lot of second-hand smoke.

Will couldn’t get Benjamin’s face out of his head. The bulging eyes. The tongue. The...

Will lit a new cigarette. He’d sussed it out now. And could taste the tobacco....

They were in the park. And true enough, Will could see the dead again. They...

It’ll be all right. Keep walking. Enjoy the night air. The pain? It’ll pass. And...

The park. Good as anywhere. He’d get bothered by the dumb fucks. But that was...

A horror story series by indie author Andy Hawthorne.