Stephanie Bedwell-Grime

Since it's Halloween and the days are growing shorter and colder, I thought I'd release a horror story.

In The Furnace Man an old furnace develops a taste for warm-blooded, living things.

The Furnace Man is now available from Smashwords and Amazon.

Here's a short excerpt from The Furnace Man:

Another swaggering contractor appears at your door. More tracks across the rug that used to be beige. Rare part, and all, you know, can’t get it until the morning. Sorry ma’am.

Snow piles up outside. Frost covers every surface. A mouse scampers across the carpet, fleeing for a warmer house. Drawn to the cooling husk of the dead furnace, its tail disappears inside.

You hear a gulp. Then silence...