Day 26 I was enveloped in a warm sleepy haze, but fear clawed at my gut. My eyes snapped open as a purple haze began to ensnare me. I sprang to my feet. “You’re not playing fair!” Insidious laughter followed me as I bolted for home.
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Spook-tober 2024
Day #25 – Amber (continued from Day #24): Floating, drifting, nestled in warmth and cocooned in the comforting scent of woodsmoke and earth, I was moving slowly, smoothly, a soothing beat throbbing in my ear. Tired, I was so tired, my eyelids heavy as if weighted down with bags of sand. The sour dryness ofContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”
Spook-tober 2024
Day 24 I was tried and nearly defeated, but I wasn’t going to let my captor win. I dragged leaden legs up an endless flight of stairs, and spat blood onto the sterile flags on the floor. I shoved the door ahead of me open, and was blinded by too brilliant daylight. I breathed freshContinue reading “Spook-tober 2024”
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”
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