“I saw that face again,” Jon remarked to his roommate.
“What, like in here?” Andy didn’t look up from his computer.
“No, it was a dream. But still…”
Andy kept playing his game and after a few minutes, Jon sighed and walked away.
**
As Jon drove home, he couldn’t stop yawning. He’d stayed longer than he was scheduled and he was drained. It didn’t help that he wasn’t sleeping.
He came to a stop at the next red light and started awake two seconds later. He looked up, grateful to see that the light was green. He pressed on the accelerator, but just as he pulled forward, he saw the face again. It was on the corner of the street, its body enveloped in darkness.
Jon slammed on his breaks, his heart pounding in his ears. When he looked again, it was gone.
**
Hunched in the corner of the interrogation room, Jon kept his arms folded and his mouth shut. He knew that if he told them, they were sure to lock him up forever.
The wispy voice rang in his ears, taunting him. The face hovered two inches in front of him.
“Kill them, Jon. Kill them all.”
The rules for Sunday Photo Fiction are to create a story/poem or something using around 200 words with the photo as a guide, although it doesn’t have to be center stage. This one comes in at 201 words.
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Very spooky. Well done, Helen.
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Thank you!
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Oooh weird! I read the beginning again just to make sure he had smoked something dodgy before he left his room!
The Dummy – a creepy short story
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Haha, maybe he did, but I was thinking of it more like a haunting. 😉😏
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Alien mind control.
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Haha, basically. 😏😉
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I read into this story a sleep deprived man, who was hallucinating. I liked how you put the story together
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I think it could go in a few different directions. Thanks!
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I saw spooky magic if that were not an oxymoron in this utterly believable tale. Well written, Helen.
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Thank you very much!
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Nice! I wonder if it is alien mind control, fatigue or schizophrenia.
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Any of the above could be feasible. 😊
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Oh no hearing voices, never goods thing. Hard to tell if he’s having psychosis as man you who suffer it hear nasty voices. Or I feel something worse and more criminal is actually speaking to the poor guy. GReat write!
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Thank you! It’s amazing to me how many different ways it was perceived. I was going for demonic, but all the other ideas were feasible as well. 😊
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Yes I figured so but mental illness would have been a frightening option too.
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Wow, Cool story. creepy. Love you sweet girl!
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Haha yeah. Thank you. Love you!
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