Flash-fiction rules: – Write a horror story – narrative or dialogue – in 33 words or less, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill.
A picture paints a thousand words – so, no images or it would total 1,033 words!
Related Links, all 33 words or less:
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Dear Paul – I read this post of yours. Man, that’s scary and I wonder how many would want to spend a lonely night in your home after reading it. All good wishes and don’t forget the garlic, silver bullets and crucifix 🙂
Dear Eric,
Superbly done, as usual! Vividly illustrated in black and white. Belatedly do I add my nickel’s worth:
The Cellar
“Goddamn laundry’, Jake thought.
And then something moved. Off in the dark corner. Some thing stirred.
Jake took to the stairs.
Below, the thing scraped and cackled.
It began to climb.
Good to be back here, dear Friend. Have a lovely, safe, and healthy holiday!
Take care and warmest wishes,
Paul 🙂
Ah, a repeat – I’m going to leave it here 🙂
Sometimes it’s finger trouble and sometimes it’s a glitch in cyberspace.
All good wishes,
Eric
Och!
Terribly sorry for the repeat. It was a glitch of sorts, I suppose. Much apologies.
Take care, my friend!
Paul 🙂
Dear Eric,
Once again do you paint vividly with words alone. Nicely done! Belatedly do I add my nickel’s worth of verbiage:
The Cellar
“Goddamn laundry’, Jake thought.
And then it moved. Off in the dark corner. Some thing stirred.
Jake took to the stairs.
Below, the thing scraped and cackled.
It began to climb.
Good to be back here, my dear friend. Have a lovely, safe, and healthy holiday!
Take care and warmest wishes,
Paul 🙂
Dear Paul,
This is so scary and visual – especially when one lives alone in the deep countryside with the nearest neighbour miles away.
Wishing you all the very best with the holidays too – much to be thankful for 🙂
Peace and blessings blanket you and your household,
Eric
Eric you are a teacher, an inspiration and motivator. you encourage to pour out our hearts on paper i mean paperless paper 🙂 you are great-a friend of friends . stay blessed
You are always sweet Tanveer,
Your words are like milk cooling my heart.
I am a gardener but the beauty of the flower, belongs to the plant.
Peace and Blessings,
Eric
That’s creative writing, so talented!
That is really nice. Thank you Arjun 🙂
Cheers, Eric
P/s Your baggaarjun.wordpress.com shows as “non existent” – you might want to check this. I can only access your blog through the email notifications.
Let me check. Thank you for bringing it to my notice.
Try arjunbagga.wordpress.com
and also do check my new blog
wetstreet.wordpress.com (I’ll be more active here for sometime)
Yes I will. Thanks for the heads up. The webblog under your name shows as “baggaarjun.wordpress.com” – you might want to check your Setting.
Cheers, Eric
Thanks Eric. Looking into it.
Please check if it’s working.
Bingo! It is working 🙂
Phew!
🙂
Thought I’ll make one attempt. 33 words is really not easy. Never done this before. Anyway here goes :
She sits alone at the bar and invites one bearing glasses of wine. They whisper intimacy.
Shaded eyes watch them.
Morning yawns. Bartender discovers the couple’s ghastly remains in the back lane.
Thank you Jasey – this is excellent 🙂
I’ll include this in the Flash Fiction Gallery
Cheers, Eric
I love a good conundrum. Could be a CSI scene immediately prior to the ad break 🙂
LOL – yes, time to switch channels – see if the world is still there 🙂
time travel — either the woman traveled 400 years to the past, or a wolf from 400 years ago traveled to the present. Scary one, Eric. Cheers, Dee
Interesting thought – the woman travelling 400 years to the past 🙂
All good wishes Dee and thank you for your visit and comment, Eric
intriguing whispers of darkness…
Hello Mike – well said. Cheers, Eric