L.V. Gaudet

June blinks her eyes.  They feel grainy, dry, and sore.  The room is fuzzy and she feels groggy, like she had stayed up much too late and...

Cody pulls into the parking lot of the motel and bar, his car bumping over the rough pothole-filled lot. He pulls into a parking spot and...

Cody pulls into the parking lot of the motel and bar, his car bumping over the rough pothole-filled lot. He pulls into a parking spot and...

The officers keep them separate by design, to get their stories without either being affected by the other. They want to see how their...

The officers keep them separate by design, to get their stories without either being affected by the other. They want to see how their...

He looks around. The house has a forlorn feel to it. A family home abandoned by its family, waiting, every book, every knickknack, every...

He looks around. The house has a forlorn feel to it. A family home abandoned by its family, waiting, every book, every knickknack, every...

She stands in the open doorway looking out at the backyard. “Now where did those boys get to?” She calls again, her voice lilting up in...

She stands in the open doorway looking out at the backyard. “Now where did those boys get to?” She calls again, her voice lilting up in...

Unfortunately, she’s not there when he walks in. “Are you here to find out about your commission?” The clerk in the office is a frumpy...

Unfortunately, she’s not there when he walks in. “Are you here to find out about your commission?” The clerk in the office is a frumpy...

“No!” A swarm of swears bursts through Kevin’s mind, but he checks himself. Mom would lose it on him, especially swearing in front of his...

“No!” A swarm of swears bursts through Kevin’s mind, but he checks himself. Mom would lose it on him, especially swearing in front of his...

2 The buyer has had enough of this morbid shrine to those who are no longer here. “Is there a basement?” The realtor pauses, thinking...

2 The buyer has had enough of this morbid shrine to those who are no longer here. “Is there a basement?” The realtor pauses, thinking...

1985 Kevin wriggles in the dirt and leaves, squirming and struggling to pull himself free of the fallen tree imprisoning him, feeling...

1985 Kevin wriggles in the dirt and leaves, squirming and struggling to pull himself free of the fallen tree imprisoning him, feeling...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

1985 The boys race back, crawling over the rotting downed tree, and through the woods.  They can see the house through the barren limbs...