“We can’t,” he said. “Not yet. We’re going to have to wait out the blizzard.”
“Can we do tha—” She coughed and spat something on the floor. When Warren looked, he saw a slick of dark blood. She tried again: “Can we do that?”
He reached over, wiped up the blood, and rubbed it on his pants, out of sight. Then he looked at the massive pile of firewood, although he knew that wasn’t what she meant.”I don’t know.” It was the only honest answer he could think of.
“Okay.”
He kissed her on the cheek and said, “It can’t snow forever.”
He snuggled closer to her, ran his hand down Bub’s side, trying to give the two of them any warmth he had left, and hoped that was true.
ALSO BY DANIEL PYLE
NOVEL
DISMEMBER
NOVELETTE
DOWN THE DRAIN
ANTHOLOGY EDITED
UNNATURAL DISASTERS
PRAISE FOR DANIEL PYLE
DISMEMBER
Dismember’s a fast-paced grindhouse-movie of a book with plenty of unexpected twists and turns and a fresh new crazy for a villain. The late Richard Laymon would have been grinning ear to ear.
—Jack Ketchum, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Girl Next Door and The Woman
With Dismember, Daniel Pyle joins the select group of authors who can provide real chills and genuine surprises. Taut, weird, and intriguing.
—Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Dragon Factory and The Wolfman
The tourniquet-tight plot and constant suspense keeps the pages flying. A solid, suspenseful thriller that enables readers to envision the movie it could become.
—Publishers Weekly
DOWN THE DRAIN
Pyle's tight little monster tale packs a nasty wallop.
—Michael Louis Calvillo, author of I Will Rise and As Fate Would Have It
Horror should be fun. Scary, of course…but above all, it should be fun. Too many people seem to have forgotten that. Well, Daniel Pyle has not forgotten. With his novella, Down the Drain, Pyle has crafted a tale that evokes all the eye-popping strangeness and excitement that got me into horror in the first place. I loved it, and I can guarantee you’ll never look at your bathtub the same again.
—Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead
Daniel Pyle is the author of Dismember and Down the Drain. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with his wife and two daughters. For more information, visit www.danielpyle.com.
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