I heard the screams of my family before I felt the burning, aggravating sensation in my chest. People surrounding me started running and yelling in every direction, desperate to vacate the area and not be the next victim. The person who did this has likely mixed in with the crowd. It happened so fast. I didn’t even get a clear view of the person that decided here and now should be my demise.
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Someone Else
Pink dress. Brown hair. Twinkling green eyes. Big smile. Missing front teeth. Plaster on her elbow.
That’s how they remember her. She stays frozen in their minds. Never growing up. Forever trapped as a five year old.
Numb
He could no longer feel the wintry wind blowing against his pale, bare skin. The wet tears that had escaped his eyes felt like they were permanently frozen to his cheeks. His toes were curled inside his worn-down trainers where a hole was forming on the bottom of the right sole.
Read More »Two Sentence Halloween Short Stories
Happy Halloween, witches and demons!
May your cauldrons be overflowing with chocolate and your window sills be lined with pumpkins…Enjoy these two sentence stories.
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(The 1st two sentences comes from a prompt on Penguin Random House ‘The Writers Academy’, it was submitted by Rhiannon D’Averc from United Kingdom. Thank you for the inspiration!)
GiftedAndChilling 