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Sitters: A short horror story
Sitters: Revised, updated and enhanced with additional content.
Something has taken Rocky’s child.
Not someone. Something.
Her only clue as to what is a small, smooth stone, looking for all the world like an egg. An egg, waiting to be cared for, to be kept warm, to hatch into. …
What?
Rocky doesn’t know. What she does know is that she wants her kid back, and she’s willing to do anything, and everything, to make that happen.
Del Stone Jr. is the winner of the International Horror Guild Award for best first novel. His work has also been a finalist for the IHG, Bram Stoker and British Fantasy awards, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line” were optioned for film.
“Sitters” is a 3,859-word fiction story and was written in 1983 (est.). It was originally published in Northern Horror, edited by Edo Van Belkom, Quarry Press, 2000. Copyright © 2000, © 2023, Del Stone Jr.
The book’s total length is 5,633 words.
Something has taken Rocky’s child.
Not someone. Something.
Her only clue as to what is a small, smooth stone, looking for all the world like an egg. An egg, waiting to be cared for, to be kept warm, to hatch into. …
What?
Rocky doesn’t know. What she does know is that she wants her kid back, and she’s willing to do anything, and everything, to make that happen.
Del Stone Jr. is the winner of the International Horror Guild Award for best first novel. His work has also been a finalist for the IHG, Bram Stoker and British Fantasy awards, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line” were optioned for film.
“Sitters” is a 3,859-word fiction story and was written in 1983 (est.). It was originally published in Northern Horror, edited by Edo Van Belkom, Quarry Press, 2000. Copyright © 2000, © 2023, Del Stone Jr.
The book’s total length is 5,633 words.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 23, 2024
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