Labyrinth
From EntranceJune 13, 2007
11:30 P.M.
14 Valley Lane
Tarrington, Kentucky
Whitney Burke moaned, twitched, and trembled in her sleep. In her nightmare, muddy water swirled and rose, flooding more of the cave in which she was trapped. She pressed herself back against the underground wall, trying to get away from the water, but it kept surging toward the ledge where she'd taken refuge. There was only two feet of airspace left in the little cavern.
In the brilliant beam of light given off by the headlamp attached to her helmet, she saw a sudden bubbling in the eddying copper current, as if a large obstruction somewhere downstream had dislodged. The water came up four quick inches. Then up breached the body, facedown, bobbing.
Whitney groaned as the corpse bumped against her boots. She began to shake so hard she felt her purchase on t ... read full excerpt from Labyrinth: A Novel ebook