Billy Wells > Quotes

“He heard a giggle. Then the little boy who didn’t believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny knelt down beside him and took a bite out of his nose.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Scrambling to his feet, he saw Amber in her vampire gown rushing toward him. He felt her long nails rip down his cheek as he sidestepped and swung the bat with all his might. Her pale face exploded as the side of her head caved in from the blow. He saw the fury in her remaining eye as she struggled to her feet with her bloody claws groping. A vicious downward swipe took out the other eye, and she crumpled in a bloody heap at his feet. With his adrenalin flowing like a river through his sinews, he caught the first wolf in midair with a bone crushing upward thrust as the beast’s gnashing grisly teeth opened to grip his throat in a death lock. When he looked down at the wolf’s battered head, he saw the open eyes of his son Kyle staring up at him. The horror of the son’s face startled him awake. The forest and the monsters had disappeared. He found himself in the upstairs hall of his home on Loving Forest Court amid the twisted, battered remains of his wife and children still swinging the bloody, baseball bat.”
― Billy Wells, Something in the Dark and Other Nightmares

“My mother told me,” the boy replied, turning a page of the catalog. “Haven’t you seen Santa at the mall and all the kids who sit on his knee and tell him what they want for Christmas?” “My mother says they’re just men in Santa suits.” “Do you get presents on Christmas morning?” “Yes.” “And you don’t think Santa brings them.” “Nope. My mother brings them.” “What about the Easter Bunny?” “There’s no such thing as the Easter Bunny.” The two little girls at the table behind them heard this and started to cry. Their parents glared at Harriman and the boy”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“The fall broke Marshall’s neck instantly. When they dragged him out of the car and turned him over, they found his nerdy, wire rimmed glasses embedded in his face around his flattened, broken nose.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 2

“Three beefy vampires in tuxedos grabbed Lisa’s arms and twisted the knife from her grasp. Turning her upside down, they carried her screaming to the center of the marble floor and impaled her on a stainless steel meat hook that hung from the ceiling. A massive crystal punch bowl was placed under her head”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Two weeks before the party, an old geezer cut her off in his golf car and almost caused a serious accident. The unpleasant encounter infuriated her, and after smiling as if nothing had happened, Hilda followed the reprobate home. The next day, she left a present for him in his mailbox. The snippet about the explosion in the Daily Chronicle the next morning was an unexpected delight. Apparently, the old fart had lost an eye and several fingers from the blast.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 1

“Two weeks later to the day, someone poisoned the Ramos dog with hamburger laced with arsenic.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror- Volume 3

“He watched her slice off one of his fingers and start chewing on it like a chicken wing as the world began to spin.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 2

“He found them in the master bedroom when he returned with the axe from the garage. His father was reading his emails on his Ipad when the first blow caught him between the neck and his shoulder blade. It was pathetic the way he begged for mercy and tried to crawl into the walk-in closet. His mother was on the toilet when he bolted in and split her head open again and again. Everything was so clear now. He remembered he kept chopping them into smaller and smaller pieces.”
― Billy Wells, Don't Look Behind You

“About halfway down, Emily’s head conveniently careened off one of the treads, and blood splattered upon the wall and left a trail all the way to the foyer floor.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Suddenly an armless zombie in tattered rags shambled into view and approached their tree. It sniffed the air like a bloodhound, and it wasn’t long before it looked up and saw them peering down at him. A big gob of drool seeped from his black tongue and oozed onto the ground. The abhorrent, decomposing thing’s jaw was broken, and its chin and the lower row of yellow teeth dangled below the upper row of rotten teeth.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 2

“The last thing that Eli saw before both his eyes exploded in flames was a banner nailed to the barn wall that read “Happy Anniversary, Eli!”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Who the fuck are you?” Pacifico barked. “I’m John, Earl Breedlove’s younger brother.” “Do you know who I am?” “Yeah, I know. You’re the motherfucker who tortured and killed my brother.”
― Billy Wells, Don't Look Behind You

“Blood and gore was caked on his face, and slivers of meat hung from his incisors.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Gasping for breath, he turned on the lights and saw bits and pieces of his Mom and Dad strewn about the blood-spattered room. He recognized his mother’s gold earring on an ear lying next to the bedpost and saw his father’s anchor tattoo on a severed forearm. Everywhere he looked, he saw more ghastly evidence that some inhuman monster had sliced and diced his parents almost beyond recognition.”
― Billy Wells, Don't Look Behind You

“Well, don't worry, darling,” the old hag croaked. “We bagged enough of the annoying little creeps on the playground right before school closed for the whole family. We hid them in an abandoned graveyard. They’ll keep nicely until morning, and we can have one for breakfast. You can help us load the rest of their carcasses into the dump truck for cold storage. You’ll feel better after a good nightmare.” “Did you chop off any of their fingers and toes?” Norma asked, licking her slimy lips, “You know I have a sweet tooth.” “Yes, we knew you’d want something to snack on this evening,” her mother said, dragging a black sack from behind her back and putting it down on the front porch.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 1

“The band of townspeople fell upon him and battered his skull in with their clubs. They bound him with heavy ropes, and while he was unconscious, they cut off his hands and feet. Without a shred of remorse, they blinded him with a poker from the fireplace.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“She saw a pale hand with long fingers grip his throat. With every turn, Robert’s head grew bigger and bigger. His tongue protruded from his mouth and lapped the inside of the glass with saliva until the bloated head exploded in a burst of blood, bone, and gore.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Yeah, the cash was gone if they had any, but we found three drivers licenses belonging to the Ramos Brothers swimming in the blood, gore, and shreds of clothing. We assume it‘s them, but we won’t know for sure until the autopsy.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror- Volume 3

“Clancy discovered a manila envelope on his desk. Inside, he found pictures of two corpses, each with a crucifix through his heart. The ghastly incisors were protruding from their lips, and their dead, open eyes looked like they were swimming in blood. Both bodies were laid out in a black suit in their own coffin,”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“When they entered the saloon, they found the rest of their group on the floor being devoured by several emaciated corpse-like things. Their savage maniacal eyes spun in circles in their sockets as they tore the raw flesh from the bones in a ravenous frenzy.”
― Billy Wells, Don't Look Behind You

“The pharaoh had the tongues cut out of all the people who worked on his tomb, and when he died, they were buried with him.” “Somebody had to close up the hole.” Brian countered. “You have a point, but they made a pact to commit suicide as part of guarding the secret.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 1

“The plane had exploded in flames upon impact, and everyone aboard had immediately received a free cremation, courtesy of One-Stop Airways.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror- Volume 3

“The pruning shears Robert had used to snip off two of the fingers on his left hand lay in a pool of blood on the table.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“He heard someone say, “it’ s a good thing…ah… Steve here is a vegetable on life support and brain dead. Can you imagine what it would be like to harvest all his organs while he was alive?” The high keening sound of the surgeon’s saw obliterated Steve’s final attempt to scream as the precision blade cut through his breastbone like warm butter.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“Turning, he saw the bloody, bared teeth of Mr. Foster’s enormous white wolfhound foaming at the mouth with ravenous, hungry eyes. “Nice doggie,” Billy whimpered, just before the rabid hound tore out his throat.”
― Billy Wells, Don't Look Behind You

“Marlowe ripped a piece of flesh from the promoter’s cheek and popped it into his bloody mouth. Abramson was sobbing violently and begging for mercy as Marlowe continued to slice off bits of meat from his paunchy jowls with his long claws and explained, “Let me introduce a few more members of my family who are all werewolves that have lived undercover for a hundred years.” The sound of sucking and slurping continued as Marlowe’s brothers and sisters continued to devour all the spectators,”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“They all stood with their mouths agape as they assembled in a circle around a stew of bloody body parts and broken bones. A circle of dried blood lay beneath the mostly devoured corpse.”
― Billy Wells, Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 2

“The light coming through the picture window from the parking lot cast a wall-to-wall liquid shine on the lobby floor. It looked like a shallow swimming pool of blood with six bodies floating in it.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1

“My nerves were shattered as I sat in the dark with my movie monsters watching blood splattering all over the screen and limbs being hacked off. It was a bloodbath in startling color from start to finish.”
― Billy Wells, In Your Face Horror- Volume 1