Horace Yoder thinks he’s got the perfect scam. All he has to do is pretend to have been kicked out of an Amish order, get a job on a local farm and when the family is asleep steal their valuables and resell them for a tidy profit. Unfortunately for Yoder, the family has other ideas…and their plans are MUCH more sinister. A new horror novella from the author of WITCHING HOUR THEATRE.
Old Order
By jonathanjanz
I first read this story about 5 years ago. A friend of mine had read it and then called me saying..(in these exact words..”Dude, ya gotta read this short story. It’s like a gruesome Amish nightmare”.) If I remember correctly the original ebook cover had a old barn on it. I just happen to live in Amish country. The local store has racks of what is …
Janz is a favourite author of mine, one who I’ve never read something I haven’t enjoyed. When ‘Old Order’ was offered up as a freebie in the wake of the COVID-19 news, I snagged this and read it ASAP.
This one is a short but brutal read, one I highly enjoyed.
What I liked: the story follows Horace Yoder, drifter, who arrives at a secluded …