excerpt from The Crack of Evil

Derek looked the lady in the eyes and smiled. Her eyes looked distant as she stood there looking at him with no response.
“Hi there! I haven’t seen you before, who did you come with?” Derek waited for a response. The woman cocked her head and walked around him looking him up and down. Derek felt the anxiety rise. “Do you speak English?”
The woman stopped and stared at him. He lifted the beer as to hand it to her. The woman put her hand out and wrapped
her fingers around the bottle. The bottle fell to the floor, smashing as it hit. Derek looked up at the woman, as the look in her eyes turned dark, and her jaw dislocated and began to shake rapidly letting out a laugh similar to a banshee. Derek jumped back and screamed. The girls’ mouths fell open. The four uninvited guests disappeared before their eyes.

(C) Tayler Macneill