Murry Haithcock
Bio
I learned that I love to tell stories and discovered through writing that my stories can fully come alive. I love thinking about characters in worlds beyond our own and I want to share that with you all. Let's journey together.
Stories (11/0)
Salience
Chapter 5: Gohm Acher woke inside a white room filled with medical equipment. He found himself unable to sit up to take the room in, in full, and stared at the ceiling. The machines beeped and hummed as the minutes went by. A person in heavy protective garments entered the room locked eyes with Acher and immediately left the room. Suddenly the door busted open and his sister, Astrid, crashed into him.
By Murry Haithcock14 days ago in Chapters
Salience. Content Warning.
Chapter 4: Death From Above There Acher stood, the door to his back staring at him in anger at his escape. If it had arms it would drag him back into its depths. His shirt became sticky from his blood loss finding that the blood had seemed to slow down significantly or completely. It was hard to tell with the lights out and the house filled with a different darkness than the basement jail. To his left was the disheveled bathroom with the most vile smell burning his nostrils. He slowly crept towards it squeezing his body as flat as he could against the wall. Nothing and no one was present though something eerie stood out in his mind about the bath. The curtain was drawn and through the cracks, you could see that nothing was inside yet something told him that something was lying in it. His hand stretched out towards the curtain and when he touched the curtain he withdrew his hand. Something more than instinct told him not to. He left quickly and as silently as he could. The kitchen held not a single germ or item out of place. So clean that the moonlight that crept through slits shined brilliantly and Acher could see his reflection.
By Murry Haithcock28 days ago in Chapters
Salience. Content Warning.
The stranger wrapped his giant arms around Acher's face squeezing the life and fight out of him. Tossing him into the back of his station wagon he wrapped his feet together before closing the trunk door behind him. He took a moment to stand and compose himself looking around the gas station. Quiet. After a few moments of savory satisfaction of victory, he walked to the driver's side gliding into the front seat. Acher struggled in the back of the station wagon kicking against the side panels. The stranger couldn’t hold back his glee and smiled so sharp that blood trickled down the sides of his devilish smile. His tongue quivered as it licked up the small streams and his eyes rolled to the back of his head. Acher was lucky not to have to watch this moment for it was certain to not only scare him but throwing up now would most certainly seal his death. The stranger turned on the radio with gargled sounds until soft jazz bounced off the car walls.
By Murry Haithcockabout a month ago in Chapters
Salience
Chapter 2: Family After Three years have passed since the incident, Acher woke from his dreams and found himself in the hallway alone. He crouched low, quickly tiptoeing past his sister's door. He shuffled his feet in place as her doorknob turned slowly. The grin on his face grew wider and his eyes had a devilish look of glee. When she stepped into the hallway he yelled at her, “Lighting rod transference attack!” He grabbed her arm with a cheetah-like speed sending an electric shock into her body. A loud pop echoes off the wall with a quick yell in harmony. Astrid stares blankly at her big brother.
By Murry Haithcock2 months ago in Fiction
Not Alone
Felix slowly entered the building he no longer recognized as the launch station. As he walked by the front desk secretary who waved politely to him, he brushed his fingers along the desks and tables as if for the first time. What was once a sanctuary for his curiosity now brought despair and pain to his heart. He reached into his pocket pulled out a silver pin the size of a nickel and placed it on the front display table where the transparent statue of a man stood holding its hand toward the stars. Computer screens flickered joyfully as they transitioned between different live feeds of space and Felix almost felt as if the stars cried with him. A tickle hit the back of his neck sending a shiver down his spine as he robotically turned around. He was at a standstill, frozen in disbelief at the moment, unable to understand who or what was standing before him. He watched him die; he had died in his arms about a month ago and yet here he stood, staring into his storm-colored eyes. Felix stumbled back tripping over his feet without breaking his gaze.
By Murry Haithcock3 months ago in Fiction
Salience
Chapter 1: The Crash With a keen grin filled with malice, a silhouetted figure watches a sedan travel down Highway One. A mother and son are enjoying the weather after a day of shopping. They’re telling jokes back and forth to see who will become embarrassed first.
By Murry Haithcock3 months ago in Chapters
Synergenes
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say.” Professor Thompson told the classroom of students, “As you all know, since the vacuum of space has no type of air, and sound is just vibrations traveling through the air, communications, much less anything as dramatic as screams, are impossible without the technology we have today. We need infrared lasers, which surpass the outdated radio waves we used to use back in the twenty-first century. Even with this technology, we have had very little communication with aliens and no real means of exchanging any type of information. Hopefully, the new research being done at Synergene Labs will assist us in soon meeting other lifeforms from outer space around us. And, hopefully, there is no screaming in the process.”
By Murry Haithcock2 years ago in Fiction
Veransturm
There weren’t always dragons in the valley. But the people of the valley had dealt with them for so long it was the only life they knew. No one knew why the dragons had made the valley their home or why they decided to lay waste to everything they set their sharp eyes upon. Miraculously, the neighboring kingdoms and cities had been left alone, adding another mystery to the dragons’ ambitions.
By Murry Haithcock2 years ago in Fiction
What if?
A distant cry of an infant reverberates down a hospital hallway. In harmony another cries out. Twins. The mother cries with joy as her precious sons are being held together. She glances down at them, so frail and small, laying side by side. The doctor tells her that they need to be taken away to be put in intensive care. She whimpers and is reluctant to hand them over. Ultimately she parts with her newborns.
By Murry Haithcock3 years ago in Fiction