Halloween Short

All Hallows' Eve is a time for stories, when fear and imagination make all our ghosts real. From the monsters that stalk us in the dead of night, to the dank depths of our own souls where our greatest enemies linger, there is no place too dark to shine a light on. It is up to the reader, then, to dare to look, and see with eyes unclouded. These pages will probe through myth, legend, folklore, and dreams to present stories and poems of this hallowed time. Look within for a thrill, a scare, or a glimmer of hope.

When a mysterious, Halloween-themed attraction comes to the town of Bay's End, everyone is dying to pay a visit in Edward Lorn's The Scare Rows, a short-story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

Arranged marriage-✔ Dead old husband- ✔ Younger smoking hot groundskeeper- ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ava Hartman craves a new start, a second chance at independence. The arranged marriage to her disinterested, uncaring husband is finally over. The last thing Ava wants is another man, especially not a much younger one. But the burning passion that ignites every time Kit Reeves breathes her name is impossible to resist. Kit would be a lot easier to ignore if Ava didn't already know the taste of his lips, the feel of his rough hands on her body. Ava tries to fight their chemistry. If only ...