My phone rings.
“Ya?”
“Jill? Me. He’s at the door, Jill. He’s at my door.”
“Okay sis. I’m coming.”
Crash.
My every sense is now enervated: “Jen! Jen?"
“Jill? He’s got a -- ”
Click.
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This weekend's Trifecta: Trifextra
challenge was suggested by a well-loved and respected Trifectan scribe, MOV of Word Cut. Here's her suggestion:
"Write a horror story in 33 words, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill. Good luck."
oh, spooky!!!
ReplyDeletebest,
MOV
In a weird way, I'm overly happy that my first comment on this little ditty is from you. Great prompt!
DeleteThis absolutely worked. Bone chilling.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amelia.
DeleteI love the word enervated. This is great. And in so early!
ReplyDeleteAh yes. I love that word too. I feel that way all the time, can't smooth the feathers.
DeleteAnd it is early or not at all these days. sigh.
They never make it in time in these situations.
ReplyDeleteya. um, sorry.
Deletewow! Sometimes the scariest things are the ones that are possible. Great entry.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Braintomahawk. I scared myself. Again.
DeleteYep. This is truly horrifying. Great story in 33 words!
ReplyDeleteThank you Janna.
DeleteThe last word is so... final. Great story!
ReplyDeleteThank you. That line was the first one I thought up ... kind of as a way around the no knife/no gun thingie ...
DeleteThanks so much for linking up with Trifecta this week. Hope to see you back on Monday (10 am Eastern) for the new prompt and some exciting news about the changes Trifecta is making to spread the word about our writing community.
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