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Dark Holme Reading Circle – This Month’s Story
The Babies - by J.M. Faulkner(from Ethereal Nightmares: An Anthology of Twisted Tales)
Welcome to the Dark Holme Reading Circle.Once a month, we’ll share a short horror story and talk about how it lingered, what haunted us, and what stayed in the dark after reading.
Dim the lights, get comfortable, and descend.
The Babies - J.M. Faulkner
Jack dropped from the windowsill, slipped on the bathroom tiles, and caught the sink with his elbow—crack. He sucked in a lungful of brisk air, held it, and waited for the tramping of feet and snap of light switches.

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I think Jack was foolish to go back but I'm not sure he can be blamed, pressure makes us all do foolish things.
The image of the hallway lit by baby monitors with the bloodstain on the carpet will definitely stick with me.
I have no idea who the babies really are but they're terrifying.
I think it worked fantastically as a short story. Quick and brutal.
I would not have gone back for the safe, I have seen too many scary movies.