Fear on Demand Episode 6 — Ashes to Ashes by Amy Grech
Welcome to Episode 6, a Flash of Fear episode of the Fear on Demand Horror Podcast featuring flash fiction by Amy Grech.
Read by Eleiece Krawiec
Jack had been dead for less than a year when his widow spotted something gray in a corner of the cellar that resembled a heap of dust, but throbbed like the heart of a dying man.
A sudden heart attack claimed him nine short months ago…
She had his body cremated.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Sara passed the heap of dust whenever she brought her filthy clothes over to the washing machine. She couldn’t avoid it. The first time the heap moved, Sara bit her lip and shrugged it off, along with a sudden chill that crept through the open cellar door…
May 18, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Great atmosphere. Love beyond the grave, or the ashes, is always an intersting theme.
May 31, 2009 at 2:20 am
very nicely wrought, and performed 🙂
July 20, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
November 23, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.