The following piece is an odd one, even for me. It definitely plays as a companion piece to my other flash fiction story, “The Woods,” in that I appear to be on a little bit of a Lovecraft kick. I’m going to say that”s because I’ve been gearing up to write more Wormwood. This is a first draft.
The following story is the answer to a writing challenge from Paul Montgomery, and inspired by the this prompt: “An old bachelor, having just moved to the country, discovers something strange in his back yard.”