It had me jumping at first. Twitched a lot. Gasped a lot. I would run, cry out. When the hallucinations hit me, I was about 11 years old. Just started fifth grade. You can read about that night in a blog called Strong Urge to Fly that I posted here a few years ago. It… Continue reading Stick a Needle in My Eye
Category: Horror
Smilin’ Jack, Part 3
He never left my mind. Between the first and second time I saw him, I had let him drip away into vague memory. But this time was not like that. I waited for him every time I closed my eyes, looked for him everywhere I went. The idea that this demon might just walk up… Continue reading Smilin’ Jack, Part 3
Haunted by the Nameless Boy
It’s all in the name. One name can propel a story for me. One fantastic name can make or break it all. I have gotten lucky and created a few great names. Saykobar Hesh, Volacha Brinchay, Kolaster Vagan, Tobin the Treefrog, Rayph Ivoryfist—all these names crafted the character for me. They all brought that character… Continue reading Haunted by the Nameless Boy
Smilin’ Jack, Part 2
I had forgotten, but my senses hadn’t. When he showed up again, I felt him stalking me. It started as a tickle, as if a dead finger scratched along my spine. I rose from my bed in my dorm room and dressed. The room was hollow. My roommate moved out long ago to other rooms… Continue reading Smilin’ Jack, Part 2
Smilin’ Jack, Part 1
I spent the morning with my love, and when afternoon came, I sent her away with a few regretful kisses, and curled up in my bed to sleep. Night shift called for me to go to sleep late on Sundays. Darkness often greeted me. I tumbled and rumbled across the landscape of my bed, fleeing… Continue reading Smilin’ Jack, Part 1
The Horror
I sat on the balls of my feet on the edge of the bed, looking into the moonlit cage at the small, furry creature that shrank back in terror at the sight of me. I was not me. I was something more base, something less complicated and wholly scarier than a man in his underwear… Continue reading The Horror
Chaste—The Stain
Only two days left to enter the Perilisc Starter Set giveaway! Follow my blog to enter. The prize package includes Chaste. When her devout parents were killed, Cheryl abandoned her destiny as a priestess. Despite the unusual decrees of the new priest, an evil threat preys on the town. Tragic murders have become more frequent… Continue reading Chaste—The Stain
The Tome
I don’t know how I ended up working there. It is all kind of a blur. But it was the last vestige of civilization before the darkness of the road that left it all behind. As I worked nights there, I could feel the bridge out there, just out of reach, but comfortably close. I… Continue reading The Tome
Chaste: Book of the Broken
On October 5, 2016, my book Chaste will be released. It is already available for purchase on pre-order. It is going to come out in 15 days. There is no way to stop it, no way to slow it. It will be unleashed upon the world in a couple weeks, and I have come here… Continue reading Chaste: Book of the Broken
Jesse Teller 