Category: Short Stories

Clicking red heels

Ernst, Paul, 1899-1985; Brundage, Margaret, 1900-1976 [Illustrator]; Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 5,280 words

There are two kinds of fear. There is fear of the known--terror of death or disease or accident, or of social consequences of wrong actions. This is bad enough, but it is a little thing compared to fear of the unknown. _That_ is the horror that freezes your brain and stops you...

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1. Part 1

There are two kinds of fear. There is fear of the known--terror of death or disease or accident, or of social consequences of wrong actions. This is bad enough, but it is a litt...

2. Part 2

Red heels clicking beside him, as small, unseen feet kept time with his. As Maria had kept time when they walked down the street together. With one difference. Maria, alive, had...