L.V. Gaudet

The long dark has finally settled on the dreaded year of 2020. We still have a long road to travel before we see the end of Covid-19, but...

Photo by Daniel Lincoln on Unsplash The sun sparkling on the sea behind him in a dancing promise of hope fed into the lie that is the...

The Woods – Coming Soon! The Woods Chapter 1: The Dare 1985 It is an ordinary forest, as far as spooky looking woods go, filled mostly...

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Sure, you say.  If they are written by the same author they are linked by that. But, perhaps it is more than that.  A shared experience,...

Sure, you say.  If they are written by the same author they are linked by that. But, perhaps it is more than that.  A shared experience,...

“Travis blinks. He rubs his eyes and closes them, silently praying for the world to come back to him. A part of him deep inside is afraid...

“Travis blinks. He rubs his eyes and closes them, silently praying for the world to come back to him. A part of him deep inside is afraid...

Cover by Erskine Designs COMING 2018 paranormal drama thriller 1952 When a young man with an enthusiasm for get rich quick schemes...

Cover by Erskine Designs COMING 2018 paranormal drama thriller 1952 When a young man with an enthusiasm for get rich quick schemes...

“So, the skull wasn’t good enough, huh?  Oh, I’ve got something better than that, much better,” Rusty Plowshare muttered bitterly. The...

“So, the skull wasn’t good enough, huh?  Oh, I’ve got something better than that, much better,” Rusty Plowshare muttered bitterly. The...

When Stanley returned to Garden Grove he went directly to the trailer office.  Pinching the padlock loop just above the block shaped lock...

When Stanley returned to Garden Grove he went directly to the trailer office.  Pinching the padlock loop just above the block shaped lock...

At the hospital, Dave McCormack and a few of the other poisoned workers are being discharged.  Being the slow process that it is, the...

At the hospital, Dave McCormack and a few of the other poisoned workers are being discharged.  Being the slow process that it is, the...

As dawn broke over the horizon, adding an orange glow to the darkness, trucks and cars started lining up along the still unpaved road...

As dawn broke over the horizon, adding an orange glow to the darkness, trucks and cars started lining up along the still unpaved road...

A figure prowled in the darkness by the entrance of the roughed in road leading into the Garden Grove jobsite, the shape revealed in the...