Clickets

by Phil Ford

A young boy moves with his family into a new house and discovers his family's pre-Civil War home already has inhabitants. He hears noises and then voices. But those voices warn him that something far more sinister exists and is coming for him and his family.

13 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2023

About the author

Phil Ford co-edited and was a contributing writer of the Richmond Macabre : Nightmares from the River City book series. He also contributed to artist Chuck Scalin’s Body of Evidence Book Art project as well as the performance piece of The Memorial Library of Kenton J. Stanfield at Chop Suey Books with artists Thea Duskin and Noah Scalin. He recently has had stories appear in several anthologies such as Generation X-ed (Dark Ink Press, 2022) and The Nightmare Never Ends (Exploding Head Fiction, 2023). His last band, Get in the Car, kicked ass, but he is also currently in a trash-punk band called Crack Fox. From 2018-2020, he was the co-creator, producer and director of the Death Club Radio Live! series at the Firehouse Theatre. A writer, columnist, and musician, his work has appeared in ThroTTle Magazine, Carbon 14 Magazine, and Makeout Creek Magazine. He currently DJs the Friday Clock Out 5-7PM (EST) on WRIR 97.3, Richmond Independent Radio.