One of the 13 stories in A Friday the 13th Story #9: Swamp Teeth by Alicia Dean
Fun Fact:
I had just finished this story, the weekend I was to upload it for pre-order, when my son, Presley and I watched the croc movie ROGUE. In the movie, one of the characters scattered ashes in the water, which happens in my story as well. Have you seen the movie? It was really good.
About Swamp Teeth:
A month after a college student is killed by a croc in a fraternity dare, his grieving father invites the friends who were with him back to the swamp for a memorial. But they soon discover the man has something more nefarious in mind.
Excerpt:
He stood and walked to the back door. Outside, the swamp stretched into darkness. The water moved slowly through the mangroves, reflecting the moon in broken silver fragments. The air smelled like salt and mud. He had run airboats through these channels for twenty years. Every narrow path. Every shallow cut. Every place where the water deepened suddenly. He knew them all.
Tobias stepped onto the porch. The boards creaked softly under his weight. Out beyond the mangroves, something moved in the water. A low ripple. Then stillness.
Tobias leaned against the railing and stared into the dark water. A memorial would make sense. People understood memorials. Ashes scattered in the place someone loved. It was a simple idea. A respectful one. He had texted them a few days ago. The boys and Landon’s girlfriend, too. Teddi. She had been there that night as well but had been gone by the time Tobias arrived at the scene.
He had invited them all to come down to the Keys and spend a few days. He told them they could help scatter Landon’s ashes. Said he would take them into the backcountry. The water where Landon had grown up. The water where he had died.
Tobias watched the moonlight move across the swamp. Five people had stood on that shore and watched his son disappear. They had all walked away. Tomorrow night, he would take them back onto the water.
The swamp had teeth.
And it remembered.
About the Author:
Alicia Dean lives in Edmond, Oklahoma where she enjoys writing dark and creepy stories. Her other passions are Elvis Presley, true crime, MLB, NFL and watching too much TV.
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