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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #23: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!

in #contest6 years ago

They ran home in a rush, panting heavily as though they were under pursuit by someone. Their father picked a short gun and ran out to defend his daughters only to discover nothing trailed them. The whole house inquired in annoyance why they put everyone in such suspense when nothing was pursuing them.

In self defense, they began to explain: "we were not joking, we actually saw something". "We went to the house of the old woman which everyone talked about. As we stood, the whole place seemed haunted, but we couldn't resist the temptation of having the candy bars the woman gave out. Candy bars that weighed at least 11 pounds each. We then walked into the house. A small old woman opened the door and greeted us with a grin. She was toothless. Behind her, in the dark corridor, was a black cat. It stared at us as we received the candy bars. We thanked the old lady for being generous and started walking home.

Suddenly, we heard a roar, the air around us began to whirl. Birds of prey filled the sky which had turned blood red along with the other events. We were terrified, dropped the candy bars as we ran for safety. The minute we dropped the candy bars, a black panther showed up from the blood red shadows and picked them up."

The whole family blamed them for their experience.