I recently read one of Tananarive Due's short stories, "Summer," in Nightmare Magazine's December 2012 edition. I was so impressed by her creepy story about a mother at the end of her rope and a baby that gets possessed in a completely unexpected way, that I went out and bought a couple more of her stories.
"The Lake" has much the same feel as "Summer" did. Set in the same small town in Florida during a particularly hot summer. Everything sticky and wet. You can practically feel and smell the town from Due's descriptions.
In "The Lake" Abbie, a Boston English teacher, moves to Florida to get away from her old life and become something new. Little does she know what she is going to become. Her days are spent in school, her afternoons with a couple of boys who are helping her fix up her house. Dips in the lake behind her house become a nightly ritual, a respite from the heat. But none of the locals thought to warn her about the water, and why no one should get in it.
Due's story is creepy and well written. I will definitely be checking out more of her work soon.
Nightmare Magazine - December 2012
The Lake
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