Into the Woods Meets The Bad Seed
A psychological suspense short story for adults inspired by the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel. When college girl Gretchen takes on a babysitting gig to help out a friend, she expects to earn an easy hundred bucks for just a couple of hours of work. After all, how much trouble can such an angelic-looking four-year-old cause? After Hans sprints into the thick woods surrounding the chalet and Gretchen is forced to chase after him, she becomes disoriented in dangerous territory. Forced to confront her deepest fears of abandonment, hypochondria, and alcohol poisoning, she must dig deep for self-understanding.
A psychological suspense short story for adults inspired by the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel.
When college girl Gretchen takes on a babysitting gig to help out a friend, she expects to earn an easy hundred bucks for just a couple of hours of work. After all, how much trouble can such an angelic-looking four-year-old cause? After Hans sprints into the thick woods surrounding the chalet and Gretchen is forced to chase after him, she becomes disoriented in dangerous territory. Forced to confront her deepest fears of abandonment, hypochondria, and alcohol poisoning, she must dig deep for self-understanding.
Nancy Brashear is an author and poet whose novel, Gunnysack Hell, is due to be published in early 2021. She lives at the beach in Southern California with her husband and yellow dog, Goldie Licks. What’s Next? Gunnysack Hell, a psychological thriller: It’s the summer of 1962, middle of the Cold War, and the O’Brien family has moved off-the-grid to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. After all, the desert has to be a safer place to raise a family than the crime-ridden city, and there they can build a new future. But evil also stalks dusty desert roads, and eight-year-old Nonni finds herself harboring a terrible secret: Only she can identify the predator who has been terrorizing the community. And he knows where she lives.
