Spook-tober 2024

Day #23 – Amber (continued from Day #22): It was an odd sensation of deja-vu bleeding into new adrenaline-fuelled victory. I’d believed that I’d been running before; now, I truly was. But it wasn’t as sleek, as effortlessly athletic, as when I only imagined my desperate flight. Now I stumbled over my own feet, breathContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

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 #21 – by Amber Averay (continued from Day #20): My feet flew over the floor, my legs pumping like I was a sprinter bolting through the race of my life. The door swished shut behind me, but by the time the sound registered I was careening down another corridor and almost rebounding off theContinue 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 #19 – by Amber Averay (continued from Day #18): Why did I have to be so nosy? So reckless? So… ‘Hey!’ I snapped, indignation and outrage sizzling through me as his taunt registered. ‘I am not gullible!’ The voice sniggered. ‘Then what would you call it? Perhaps you would prefer “naïve”? “Innocent”? “Stupid”?’ ‘There’sContinue 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”

Spook-tober 2024

Day #17 – by Amber Averay (continued from Day #16): ‘And don’t you know it’s rude to sneak up on people?’ I snapped, my heart thundering in my chest while my ears continued to ring with the deafening clatter of the weapon falling to the floor. My eyes darted around the room, skating from cornerContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

Spook-tober

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 #15 – by Amber Averay (continued on from Day #14): Day #15 – Amber: My limbs were wobbly, my lungs heavy from inhaling smoke and ash, but my will was strong. It needed to be – I had nothing else right now. The weapons were secured to the wall, most high enough that theyContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”

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”