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The House on the Side of the Road (part 3) ~ #TuesdayTales #shortstory

15 Tuesday May 2018

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Each Tuesday (unless i forget), I will be sharing a short story, over several parts.  When one ends, I will begin another the following week.  I hope you enjoy!   🙂

Part One

Part Two


Beyond the door, I could hear his sinister laugh echoing in the hallways. Trying to compose myself, and refocus on what it was I was seeing, I found myself stepping backward, away from what I could only assume was a dead body. And a fresh one, at that. Who had met their untimely fate? I continued to search the room, hoping to find some sort of light source I could use. Making my way across the room, I tripped on something. Petrified it could be another body, I froze in place. Looking down, I heaved a sigh of relief when I realized it was a rolled up rug. There was nothing human about it.

I continued, feeling my way around the room, bumping into furniture I didn’t even know was there. I was frantic, his laughter still filling my ears. Who was this evil being and why did he lock me in this room?! I swore I would never ever play Pokémon Go on my phone, again. It had drained the battery and thus, I found myself here. No game was worth losing your life over, yet, here I was, trying to hold on for my own dear one.

What was that? From across the room, the part of the room I chose to run from, was a rustling noise. Perhaps it’s just a mouse, or my luck, a rat. Either way, a rodent was the least of my troubles. Trying to forget the noise, I continued my search for something I could use to cast light in this horrid place. The rustling was getting louder. I suppose whatever it was, was heading my way, so I stopped. I stood, trying to remain calm and quiet at the same time, having a hard time doing both. My imagination started working on me. I pictured this huge rat walking towards me, on hind legs, teeth bared, sizing me up for his next meal. I was grateful when I saw the little mouse scurry across the floor, but I didn’t let my guard down.

Footsteps. He was returning. I should wait by the door, and make a mad dash through it, making my escape! Feeling my way, trying not to bang into every piece of furniture my shins were finding, I saw the door slowly opening. I was just about to run when I felt something on my shoulder. Perhaps the rat had found me after all. Reaching up, I could tell the object on my shoulder was a hand. I slowly turned around, and once again, let out this incredible scream. I think I fainted, because everything went black.

To be continued…

 

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The House on the Side of the Road (part 2) ~ #TuesdayTales #shortstory

08 Tuesday May 2018

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Each Tuesday (unless i forget), I will be sharing a short story, over several parts.  When one ends, I will begin another the following week.  I hope you enjoy!   🙂

Part One


I couldn’t recollect the last time I felt this imminent doom in my bones. I felt myself start to shiver and tried to brush it off to nerves. But it was incredibly cold where I stood. I walked toward a wall, and discovered a window, that had been boarded up. Perhaps there was a draft coming in from the cracks in the wood. Of course, that must be it. But why were the windows shuttered this way?

As I pondered over this, I felt another presence in the room with me. I turned and saw the elderly gent, who had let me in, standing there with an evil grin, and holding what appeared to be a cordless phone, in his hand. He cleared his throat, and in a graveled pitch, proceeded to tell me the storm had knocked out the service and there was no way to make a call. I should kick myself for allowing my cell phone to die. Stupid games I play, I now got myself caught up in one, that wasn’t a game at all.

Asking if it was okay for me to ride out the storm in the house, the old man laughed, saying something along the lines of “suit yourself”, and then disappeared yet again! Damn! I forgot to ask for a candle and a blanket. I suppose he’d sneer at me even more for requesting these things. I fumbled my way around the room, hoping to find something that would shed light on this space, I was entrapped in.

I was moving slowly when I bumped into something that felt odd. I reached out again, and felt the warmth coming off whatever it was I had found. Trying hard to see what it was, I widened my eyes, and let out a blood curdling scream…

 

To be continued…

 

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The House on the Side of the Road ~ #TuesdayTales #shortstory

01 Tuesday May 2018

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Each Tuesday (unless i forget), I will be sharing a short story, over several parts.  When one ends, I will begin another the following week.  I hope you enjoy!   🙂


It quietly sneaked in. The haze grew, as twilight approached, and night fell on this quiet little town. A hint of sunlight played in a few white clouds, but mostly, the light faded away. A flutter of a breeze took me by surprise, as did the rain that began to splash on my face. Looking up, as most others do when hit by random water drops, I thought I saw something in the sky. I stared a bit longer, and decided it must be the clouds, moving with the winds, across the heavens.

I continued my walk, picking up the pace as the rain became more of a steady shower. Again, the wind kicked up, with a fury that could have picked me up and transplanted me across town. I found myself running for cover, not sure exactly where but not really caring either. I came upon an old house on the side of the road, one I was sure I had never seen before. I ran up to the door, rang the bell, without even a thought of my own safety, other than finding shelter from whatever storm had decided to arrive without warning.

I rang the bell again, and as the sky let out this tremendous clap of thunder, the door slowly opened. There, in the shadows of candlelight, stood an old man. I use the term loosely, because, he was barely standing at all. An angry look on his face took me by surprise. I explained my predicament, asking only to use the phone to call my friend for a ride. He looked at me, looked at the sky, now filled with flashes of lightning, and slowly stepped away from the door, allowing me to pass through.

I turned to ask where the phone was, and found myself alone in a dark and musty room. He was gone. Maybe he had gone to get the phone for me. I waited. And as I did, I could feel a heaviness in the air. I had no idea where I was, only a sinking feeling I wasn’t getting out anytime soon…

 

To be continued…

 

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The Owl (finale) ~ #TuesdayTales #shortstory

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

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Each Tuesday, I will be sharing a short story, over several parts.  When one ends, I will begin another the following week.  I hope you enjoy!   🙂

The Owl (part one)
The Owl (part two)


In front of him, the coast and water had disappeared, replaced by forest trees, and darkening skies. No longer did the light betray his vision. What he saw before him was no illusion.

She transformed before his eyes. A maiden with long locks, feathered, like wings, but her wings were gone. The owl was confused a bit, not really knowing what it was he was experiencing. Trying not to stare, as her feathers became a cloak, now draped across her shoulders, she was more human than owl. Except for her eyes. They pierced through him, never blinking.

He tried to back away, more and more, as she became less and less an owl. Standing before him was a woman. Now he knew, the tales of the Owl Queen were true. For centuries, a story of how the Greatest Owl took a human as his wife, would pique the interests of tourists, who traveled through the small town. He watched her carefully, then bowed, though never taking his eyes off her. She had a slight smile across her lips, one that made him quiver. He didn’t know why until she spoke. It seemed she had come there, seeking a new king. The Greatest Owl had flown off into the dark night, never again to return. His reign had ended, cut short by a hunter’s arrow. The Queen searched endlessly until she was able to take her revenge. She had decided it was now time to find another Greatest Owl, to lead the parliament once again.

I found my stature here quite enthralling. She had chosen me as the Greatest Owl. The Queen, however, decided to remain human, wanting to live out the rest of her life in the forest, and appearing only in the darkest night. And when she did, I was by her side, standing proud, as King of the Owls.

The End.

 

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