Hobo: A Horror Short Story

"This short story gave me chills and played on some of my worst fears. The author brings horror right in where we all feel safest."

"As a fan of Stephen King, I found this story riveting."

"'Thomas Flowers' Hobo is a chilling examination of the horrors of homelessness in America.  Gripping, terrifying and swimming in a dark sea of moral complexity, it's a story that isn't afraid to ask uncomfortable questions."

"I do enjoy horror, I found the short story to be very descriptive which made it easy to picture the characters. The cannibalism reminds me of the movie "Hanibal Rising" which I enjoyed as well. I enjoyed the short story and find it to be realistic, gory and a horrific sequence of events. I would rate it *****"

"Stunning horror story."

So what's this stunning horror story about...

It started in Houston, Texas. Several bodies have already been discovered, maimed and mutilated by a group of unknown persons. The police are baffled, calling the act of a few deranged individuals. The news are reporting the murders to be the work of something else entirely. What is it? Who is haunting the peaceful suburb streets in Houston? Crawling out from under the overpass are those we ignore. But what if something terrible happened, something horrible and ghastly enough that we could no longer ignore them? When Beverly Marsh spied a lone hobo standing on the median at the intersection of Fallon and Interstate 59, and his desperate sign saying, "Any bit will help," she ignored it, she ignored him, she ignored his eyes, those dark hungry eyes that would come back to haunt her. When the light flashed green, she sped away, leaving the shambling hobo behind in a cloud of her exhaust. Two blocks later she slowed down. After thirty minutes, she forgot his face. In an hour, the entire event had washed away. But will she be able to ignore the problem when the nightmare comes home? Will she survive the night or will her idyllic American dream come to an end?

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About the author:

Thomas Flowers was born in Walter Reed Medical Center, Maryland to a military family. He grew up in RAF Chicksands, England and then later Fort Meade, and finally Roanoke, Virginia. Thomas graduated high school in 2000 and on September 11, 2001, joined the U.S. Army. From 2001-2008, Thomas served in the military police corps, with one tour in South Korea and three tours serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. While stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, between deployments, Thomas met his wife and following his third and final tour to Iraq, decided decided to rejoin the civilian ranks. Thomas was discharged honorably in February 2008 and moved to Houston, Texas where he found employment and attended night school. In 2014, Thomas graduated with a Bachelor in Arts in History from University of Houston-Clear Lake. Thomas blogs at www.machinemean.org, commenting and reviewing movies, books, shows, and historical content. Thomas is living a rather simple and quite life with his beautiful bride and amazing daughter, just south of Houston, Texas.

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