The boy and his dog laid dead in the woods and would be found nine hours later by a morning jogger who thought he smelled something funny.

— Zachery Miller, The Silhouette: A Morbid Tale #4

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The Silhouette: A Morbid Tale #4

by Zachery Miller

Sci-Fi & Horror · 14 pages

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“Dust thou art to dust returnest, Wadsworth’s verse came to my mind, like a stray autumn leaf, making its way with the winding path of the fall wind.”

— Zachery Miller, The Amorphous Horror: A Morbid Tale #2

“Prior to his death, we’d finished reading the Psalm of Life, and he had given me quite a lengthy analysis of each verse.”

— Zachery Miller, The Amorphous Horror: A Morbid Tale #2

“An insidious melody reminiscent of an ice-cream truck from when she was a child began resounding from the start of the lane.”

— Zachery Miller, The Nightcomer: A Morbid Tale #3

“The door looked ancient and comically out of place, just like everything else about the shop, and so did the lock on it.”

— Zachery Miller, The Shopkeep: A Morbid Tale #1

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Zachery Miller

I write horror, and also young adult books about adventure!

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