The Unfortunate Tale of Little Mary Jenkins (short story)

Sam and his three best friends head off into the dark desert for a night of fun around a blazing bonfire in a secluded clearing. Surrounded by darkness and the strange sounds of the desert night, Scott tells the tragic story of little Mary Jenkins and an innocent game of hide-and-seek—gone terribly, terribly wrong. In the end? Vengeance.Sam and his three best friends, Nick, Jeff and Scout, find themselves in the middle of a hot boring, summer.Looking for something to break the boredom, they escape into the dark desert behind Sam’s humble double-wide trailer with a cooler full of sodas with plans to have a night of fun around a bonfire in a secluded clearing. Surrounded by darkness and the strange sounds of the dark desert night, Scott tells the tragic story of little Mary Jenkins and an innocent game of hide-and-seek—gone terribly, terribly wrong. What happens when a not-so-friendly neighborhood rivalry ends in tragedy? Vengeance from the dark, dark beyond.