The Iceman Cometh

'I kept a Repair Kit in a shoebox under my bed. Bandages, iodine, stolen scissors - everything to fix what my sister broke. I never expected to use it on things that weren't human.'

A raw, heartbreaking portrait of love and damage - this story traces the bond between sisters through abuse, sacrifice, and a terrifying supernatural twist that will leave you stunned. A twisted domestic horror where sibling rivalry meets something from Hell, we follow fourteen-year-old Sorrow, keeper of a secrets, as she uncovers a horned creature and the gruesome bargains inside her own house. Tender moments collide with gut-punch horror in a tale about what family will do to protect—or destroy—each other. Listen now to feel every breathless, tear-wet moment.

'The Iceman Cometh' is just one of the twelve short stories included in the Sick xoxo (2024) collection of love-themed horror stories by author Kenya Moss-Dyme. Love hurts.