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”

Spook-tober 2024

Day #13, by Amber Averay (a continuation from day #12): Pressing my palms flat against the flimsy door, I gave a gentle, tentative push. It did not move, but the rickety frame around it creaked and groaned, as if even that slight pressure was enough to cause it distress. Hope flared in my chest, andContinue 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 #11 – by Amber Averay (a continuation from Day #10): This time my return to consciousness was swifter, hitting me with the abruptness of a striking shark, and was all the more disorienting for it. My eyes shot open, light searing into the retinas and dragging a groan of agony from my parched throat.Continue 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 #9 – by Amber Averay (a continuation from Jeanelle’s Day #8): There was a frantic chittering, piping squeaks, and the scrabbling that only comes with rats’ claws scratching upon wood. I tried to open my eyes, but they refused to obey my wordless command. At my side my fingers spasmed, and as I becameContinue 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 #7 – by Amber Averay (continued from Jeanelle’s Day #6) I couldn’t deny, the thought of uncovering the mystery filled me with a sickening thrill – so much so that I nearly screamed in fear when a panicked voice screamed at me, ‘Get out of here! Get away!’ I spun around, somehow keeping myContinue 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”