It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Come to your tales from Dark Nine's.

Good evening, listener. You're listening to chilling tales for dark nights. On tonight's

edition, we invite you to leave behind your safe reality, and he sent with us into the

frightening depths of the most terrifying imaginations with an audio adaptation of horrific

fiction about harrowing hangouts. I'm your host Steve Taylor, and tonight I'll be your

guide as we traverse the dimly lit corridors of your darkest dreams. Joining us tonight

tell Bring to Life the frightening fiction of Billy Stewart, our voice talents, drew

blood, and Jeff Sturdyvent. Now get your ticket ready, take your seat in our theater of

the mines, and brace yourself. It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Our tale this evening comes to us from our friends over at Velox Books, is written by

Billy Stewart and is performed by drew blood and Jeff Sturdyvent. Now, without further

ado, I present to you Troll Bridge. Every town has the place, an abandoned building, an alleyway,

a wooded area, where the bad kids hang out. You know who I mean, the long hairs, metal

heads, the druggies. It's where these outsiders go to smoke cigarettes and listen to music. For

us it was the bridge over Boot Creek, the little stream that snaked through town. Boot Creek

itself was rarely any more than a muddy ditch, but at the top of the bank there was an area

where kids could hang out and make noise and ride their skateboards without the nosy gazes

of adults. My friends and I took to calling it Troll Bridge because it was occupied almost

all the time by Billy Logan and a screw of potted screw-ups. Billy was three years older

than us, but was only one grade ahead because he'd been held back twice. I was in the seventh

grade, and here was this giant 15 year old bully running around terrorizing everyone. Don't

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