Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

She looks just like Samantha, Jerry thought. The woman turned to look out of the nearest window, unaware of the confused man staring now at the back of her head.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

The blood began pooling at their feet while the grotesque creature came closer. Jerry began to gasp for breath, but it was too late. They were both dead.