Tuesday, August 28, 2012

My Short Short Story for the Day



Jim told her not to go back but she couldn’t resist.  This house was perfect.  It was everything she had been looking for at such a reasonable asking price.  And now, Jim had to get all spooky on her.  Why should she listen to him anyway?  He believed in supernatural powers and such.  She didn’t mind as long as he didn’t expect her to believe in those things, too.  They had agreed to disagree on the subject.  Now as she walked up the front steps she felt her skin prickle.  You’re just being foolish she told herself.  She opened the door to an eerie silence.  Stop it she chided.  She walked around the living room and into the formal dining room imagining where she would put her furniture and knick knacks.  As she wandered through the house she about the fear until she switched on the basement light.  It flickered for a moment before coming on.  She laughed at herself again as she made her way downstairs.  Something caught her eye and she turned to face a blank white wall.  She looked around but couldn’t see anything that would have moved.  She looked back to the white wall and stared.  She blinked and thought she saw something.  That was weird she told herself as she took a few steps closer.  She stared harder trying not to blink but eventually did and again there was a flash of something.  She moved in even closer and focused on the center of the wall.  She stared for several moments and then she saw it.  She blinked and it was still there.  Her eyes widened, sweat trickled down her back, her hands began to tremble, the hair on her neck stood up, her breath froze.  There was a face staring at her from within the wall.  Her heart thundered then the lights flickered and died.

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