Spook-tober

Spook-tober 2024

Day 22 “You are nothing but poison!” I screamed. “Why am I so entertaining to you?” The laugh sent icy fingers crawling up my spine. “You are so easy to manipulate,” it said. “I barely have to try.” An idea flashed in my mind. It was a risk, but I had to try. “You mustContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 20 “And why would I do that?” The voice asked. “I’m not as foolish as you!” “No, you’re a coward!” I snapped. “If you weren’t you’d come face me—stop making veiled threats.” The chuckle was sinister this time. “You don’t know what you’re asking.” I shook my head—reassured by cold steel in my hand.Continue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 18 Seeing the video camera blinking in the corner left me deeply confused. Had I hit my head without realizing it? Nothing was making sense. “You’re watching me, but the fire, the man…he burned before my eyes,” I said. “That wasn’t real?” There was a dry chuckle that reverberated through the room at myContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Day 16 “As entertaining as this all has been—you are mistaken, and horribly misguided,” the voice hissed. I jumped and stumbled against the wall. “What do you want from me?” I asked. “Why am I here?”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 14 It was clear I was in some kind of underground complex. Why were there weapons? What was the fire. The more I searched the deeper the mystery grew. I was beginning to regret ever getting involved in all of this. I should have gone home instead of being such a fool. But, hereContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 12 I was able to crawl to my feet after some time and begin to properly explore the room in which I was being held. The floorboards were solid yet rough from the constant skittering of claws. No windows adorned the walls, but I could make out the dim outline of a door acrossContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 10 I willed my body to move, and was only served more pain for my trouble. I was angry now! Panic fled from my core, and the rats scurried away as my heels slammed into creaking wooden floor boards. “Why are you keeping me here?” I screamed. “No one is going to believe aContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 8 What the hell is going on? My eyes refused to process what I’d just seen. There was no doubt left that this fire wasn’t natural. People didn’t just become piles of ash in seconds. The logical part of my brain screamed to run, but knowing I’d been spared yet again, only drove meContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 6 I hadn’t completely lost the rational part of myself. I skirted the edge of the hill, and made my way around the fire, slowly. The blaze itself wouldn’t hold the answers I sought, even though the crackling conflagration captivated me fiercely. I needed to work my way back to the point of ignitionContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober 2024

Day 2 My heart refused to calm, but my feet moved me forward—almost without my permission. I couldn’t see the source of the ash itself and felt no heat, but my throat burned from more than just the exertion of the climb. I cursed the darkness as my foot caught on a root and IContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”