Pumpkin Eater (A Paranormal Short)

From bestselling and award-winning author Selena Kitt - Over a Million Books Sold!

She doesn’t know how long she’s been with Belch, the strange man who grows giant pumpkins…she doesn’t even remember her own name…

But when a kind police officer comes to buy a pumpkin from their patch, Beth begins to remember.

Sheriff Will Walker’s instincts tell him that something is wrong, but he can’t quite put his finger on what.

Will he be able to figure out the mystery in time? 

Note: This story originally appeared in the anthology Shivers.

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EXCERPT:

“Two more days, pumpkin…”

They were stacking them close to the road and the hand-painted sign that read: “Punkins Here!” All these years and it was the same misspelled sign.

“We’ll have a full moon to work by, too.”

The childish anticipation on his face gave her hope. She might get a bath tonight.

“Cage!” His tone changed suddenly.

She clutched the collar around her throat and the jolt that went through her made her lose her footing on the old wagon they used to bring the pumpkins in from the patch. She stumbled, moving to catch herself, an exposed nail leaving a long gash in the tender flesh of her wrist.

The blood welled up on her arm, and she sat, still stunned, as the cruiser kicked up dust on the road heading toward them. There were no lights or sirens. It was probably just passing. The inclination to scream and wave her arms had been squashed out of her long ago and all she could think of was getting to the safety of her cage inside the house.

“Now!”

Another shock hit, and then another, his hand buried deep in his pocket while she scrambled to stand, the buzzing in her head and neck making her nearly blind with pain.