3TC: Trick or Treat

It was just another Halloween in Lower Storpington, no frills or fuss, just a few parties and the street decorations going up. This year however the new vicar, Mr Magister, had filed an objection to the street decorations and had attempted to issue a curfew of 10pm for any social gatherings whether they be in …

The Man on the Slab.

Dr Webster looked at the cadaver on the table and wrote his notes. "Subject has been decapitated by a blade with a serrated edge, a hacksaw probably. Subject is male, Caucasian and between 25 and 30 years old." The Corporal stood behind him watching his technique and observations. "The lack of facilities available have prevented …

The Centre of Terror

The facade was reasonably convincing, at least from a far, up close the gloss on the plastic spooky trees revealed their tackiness. The mock gothic paintwork was fading too but it declare itself to be the oldest functioning Ghost Train in the country and boldly declaring it was opened in 1932 by Boris Karloff. "Step …

The Sandman’s Film Club: Quatermass 2

The Quatermass Xperiment (1957) Rated 12 Starring Brian Donlevy, William Franklyn, Sidney James, Vera Day Directed by Val Guest. This is the big screen adaption of the 1955 BBC science fiction serial of the same name and was the second time Quatermass had been adapted for me the big screen, and in honesty is probably …

THE PRISONER

The walls of the cell were covered in some sort of slime... what it was Dr Webster didn't want to think what it was and lay back on the hard surface what could be described as the cell's bed. A thick hessian sheet doubled up as a blanket and there was a bowl of water …

The Costumed Man

In all my life I think I can count on one hand the number of times I have made a Jack O' Lantern. Halloween has never really been a big thing for me so doing a Jack O' Lantern has never been an event. I did one for a Halloween party when I was about …

Share Your World 29th October 2018- Halloween edition

Name something you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark forest or in an abandoned building. A tree or the wall, that'd just be plain embarrassing. Seriously though, a vicious animal of some sort. At least with a man or similar you'd have a chance of either reasoning with them or working out plan. …

3TC Crescent Moon

The evening was beset by a thin fall of fog which was getting thicker by the hour, the orange glow of the street lamps gave the area a surreal almost other-worldly. Old man Pilkington pulled up the collar on his raincoat to keep out the elements. He coughed throatily and a jet of discoloured phlegm …

The Web House

Night had fallen and the rain was falling, and getting worse. The temperature was getting lower and lower and Karen Braid was lost. She'd thought she had taken a promising shortcut but alas she'd just lost her way. After an hour of wandering she'd reached some fields on the edge of the hill and had …

The Sandman Returns

After a week of late finishes and early calls in I am proud to say I hung up the barman's apron for a week and took my beloved Heather away for a week. We spent two days in the seaside resort of Blackpool and the next three days we donned our waterproofs for break in …