KEITH DEININGER
  • HOME
  • BIO
  • BOOKS
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT
  • GET A FREE BOOK!

Collecting Bottles 

10/2/2013

3 Comments

 
And Kevin Conners, a second-grader, whose backyard dumped out into a strip of land filled with scraggly trees against the highway, was out looking for bottles for his bottle collection, when he found, with a jolt of excitement, a strange-looking bottle with a cork stopper. When he pulled the stopper free, he discovered the bottle was filled with a dark crimson liquid with a strangely metallic smell. It couldn’t be blood, could it? He hid the bottle and the next day, after school, went looking for more. He found several test tubes and a beaker, with similar stoppers, filled with the same substance. He was thrilled, because mostly his collection consisted of beer and soda bottles and these were a rare find, but they made him uneasy. He dumped the liquid inside them down the drain in the sink in the garage and washed them out the best he could. He tucked them away so his parents wouldn’t see them and start asking questions. A few days later, the crimson fluid began to come up from the pipes, filling all the sinks in the house, the bathtub, and the toilet, then spilling over onto the floor. Then, the sprinkler system came to life and painted the front lawn red.
--from WITHIN US ALL, work in progress
3 Comments
Kimberly Yerina
10/6/2013 07:38:28 am

Keith--You seriously need to get some of these stories out in their entirety---or at least, out to me!!! :)

Reply
Keith Deininger link
10/7/2013 02:19:42 am

Most of these are from a larger work in progress. This one has me obsessed--I can't get it out of my head. I'm still working on it, but I'm getting close now. I'm in the final sections and I have to get them just right. This one is so unsettling to write it keeps giving me nightmares so that my own experience mimics that of my protagonist. No joke! I hope others will find it as disturbing to read as it has been to write!

Reply
Kimberly
10/7/2013 02:58:41 am

It's the truly disturbing ones that will stay with us the longest, and generate the most "conversation" on the on-line forums. Judging by your own reactions, I'd say that you were on the right track. :)




Leave a Reply.

    "Unrelenting Horror"- FREE!

    Picture
    Picture
    An award-winning author known for blending elements of fantasy with horror in his surreal, literary style. Author of WITHIN, A GAME FOR GODS and VIOLENT HEARTS.

    New Releases:

    Picture


    ​New Editions:

    Picture

    RSS Feed

HOME    --    BOOKS   --    BLOG   --   CONTACT    --    GET A FREE BOOK!
© 2018 Keith Deininger  /  keithdein@gmail.com
  • HOME
  • BIO
  • BOOKS
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT
  • GET A FREE BOOK!