Yardwork

by Bruce Blake

Tim's younger brother hates him. Their father abuses him. His mother is indifferent to everyone. When Tim discovers the nameless man passed out in the shed, it's the best thing that's happened to him in his fifteen years of life-- better than the time he caught the neighbour's dog. It's an opportunity he won't forget as long as he lives.
Too bad the same can't be said for the nameless man.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories

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First published June 16, 2010

About the author

Bruce Blake lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. When pressing issues like shovelling snow and building igloos don't take up his spare time, Bruce can be found taking the dog sled to the nearest cafe to work on his short stories and novels.

Actually, Victoria, B.C. is only a couple hours north of Seattle, Wash., where more rain is seen than snow. Since snow isn't really a pressing issue, Bruce spends more time trying to remember to leave the "u" out of words like "colour" and "neighbour" than he does shovelling.

Bruce's first short story, "Another Man's Shoes" was published in the Winter 2008 edition of Cemetery Moon. "Yardwork" was made into a podcast in Oct., 2011 by Pseudopod. "On Unfaithful Wings" is Bruce's first novel but there are many more to come.

Reviews

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audible short story with Kevin Bacon narration. Excellent.

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really disturbing

[Christine Savukinas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short and creepy. I wouldn't have been able to read much more.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got to read this for PseudoPod.org last year and it was a blast. Creepy and disturbing, but fun.