Altered Words – Cold Fear

It’s time for another Altered Words post!

This time, I “found” a poem in a story by one of my Scroll of Anubis ToC mates – Rhiannon Frater!

Rhiannon is the award-winning author of the As the World Dies trilogy, as well as a wealth of other horror, zombie and other dark fiction works. I admit it – I was pretty stoked when I found out my story was going to be included in an anthology with her, as well as a bunch of other fantastic writers. Rhiannon is such a talent that finding a cool poem “hidden” in her work was not difficult at all!

ABOUT ALTERED WORDS

What is Altered Words all about, anyway? In case you missed my first post, Altered Words is my take on “found fiction”, where I take a story, poem, or other literary work and try to “find” a story within by simply crossing out the words I do not want to include in my piece. Anyway, enjoy the poem!

Cold Fear – found in Amunet by Rhiannon Frater
pg 27 of The Scroll of Anubis Anthology

The night was stifling,
the breeze barely stirred,
the heat too much to endure.
She was struck by the quiet that filled the house,
shadows thicker and blacker than ever,
moving along beside her in the darkness.
She was alone.
Trembling with cold, she continued,
the shadows following her,
hovering over her.
A sigh, a soft murmur drew her attention,
slowly crept over her;
the cold hand of fear slid down her spine.

Amunet © Rhiannon Frater