My First Stab at Writing Horror

I set out to write my very first piece of horror fiction story circa 2012, just in time for Halloween.

Inspiration for the story came from that episode of The X-Files in which Mulder and Scully encounter some red-eyed creature that might have been once one of the Conquistadors who came to Florida with Ponce de Leon in search of the Fountain of Youth. 

In the last scene of that episode, as Scully exits her hotel room, the last thing you see is that red-eyed creature watching her from under her bed....