A Boy's Best Friend
(2026)(A book in the Chilling Childlore Collection series)
A Story by Victoria Williamson
When Toby’s dog dies, he loses not just his best friend, but protection from the school bullies, companionship to compensate for his nasty younger sister, and his source of comfort on dark nights.
The new family dog is useless – scared of everything and a poor replacement for Horace. Worse, the puppy has a habit of digging under the rose bush in the garden where Horace was buried.
When Horace’s bones are unearthed, the ghostly sound of his favourite squeaky toy haunts Toby’s footsteps, and he realises that not all friendships end after death…
A Boy’s Best Friend is the seventh sinister short story in the Chilling Childlore collection, written by award-winning author Victoria Williamson and available to purchase as an anthology.
Genre: Horror
The new family dog is useless – scared of everything and a poor replacement for Horace. Worse, the puppy has a habit of digging under the rose bush in the garden where Horace was buried.
When Horace’s bones are unearthed, the ghostly sound of his favourite squeaky toy haunts Toby’s footsteps, and he realises that not all friendships end after death…
A Boy’s Best Friend is the seventh sinister short story in the Chilling Childlore collection, written by award-winning author Victoria Williamson and available to purchase as an anthology.
Genre: Horror