3rd place contest winner: Old Richard by Andrew Hughes

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 11:36 a.m.

b'A child is tormented by the dying screams of his friends and sister after they entered a haunted house that he was too afraid to enter. Yet he returns to the scene as a young man. For what purpose?

Andrew Hughes has been writing for the past decade. His short stories have appeared in Sanitarium Magazine, Sinister Smile Press anthologies, and on the No Sleep Podcast. His fantasy novella, Children of the Arc, was published in 2023 by TWB Press. He currently lives in Arizona, working as a middle school English teacher, and mediating heated debates between his roommates, a Maine Coon cat and the world\\u2019s most rambunctious husky.

You can read "Old Richard" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.

Website: kaidankaistories.com

Follow us on:
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook'