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This week’s hop has taken a bit of a spooky turn with Halloween fast approaching!
We were challenged to tell a scary story in 300 words or less.
Horror is not my forte, but it was a great challenge to try out a new genre 😀 I hope you enjoy it!
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Alone in the middle of the stark forest, Susie stared out between the bones of the trees, the bare trunks grey from the cold.
Her abandoned and very dead car sat a few paces away, the fading sunlight gleaming on its red bonnet.
“Now what?” she muttered, her phone beeping the fact it had no signal.
A heavy breath plumed to an icy fog before her and Susie shuddered.
The breath had not been hers.
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So there we go, a (mildly) spooky story to get everyone in the Halloween mood! Now go see what scary treats Xio Axelrod has in store next 😀
Have you written any spooky tales? Do you enjoy Halloween stories?
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Total word count so far: 38,306.
(Plus 1,416 on my Christmas novella that I couldn’t stop myself from starting 😀 )
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That’ll put a shiver up your spine! Nice work 🙂
Thank you so much 😀 I’m not very good at horror, but my short stories do tend to err on the side of creepy at times!
Definitely a dah de dahhh dah moment/
I do enjoy those kinds of endings, I think the imagination of the reader can be the most powerful tool sometimes! 😀
Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
Oh, I have goose bumps…whose breath was it? No, don’t tell me…I don’t want nightmares! I enjoyed today’s feature. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😀 It was fun to try out something different, especially with Halloween right around the corner!
Thank you so much for the kind comment! 🙂
Ooooh… creepy! That was very well done Mishka!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😀
That was spooky, and her car’s dead!!! and I be the person who’s breath it is is dead as well. Now you’ve got us all thinking up the next bit Mishka.
I’ve written a serial for Halloween, that’s quite long…. Over 7,000 words to be precice, and it starts here
http://creative-frontiers.com/blog/peoples-press/midnight-colley-hill1/
and goes on all week.
It’s nice when we can theme or writing to a certain season or event, certainly adds a bit of a different challenge 😀
Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
This is great Mishka. Very ominous. I want to know what happens next! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it, was great fun to write this week 😀
Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
Yes, it was great fun! 🙂
What is it about trees? Left overs from our fear of fairies? Spoooky. (shiver)
There is something about trees and forests that’s a bit freaky, right? 😀
Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
Good one, girl. Made me shiver
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀 Thank you so much for commenting.
Susie! You’re in danger, girl! 😉 Nicely done.
I’m really glad you enjoyed it 😀
Thank you so much for the kind comment 🙂
I would say it could be your forte, or already is. 🙂 Creepy is not easy to write, but great to read when done well. I think you nailed it. Sharing on Twitter.
Thank you so much for the compliment and for sharing! It’s really appreciated 🙂
Very creepy to end with someone else’s breath vapor… Shiver!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😀
Great job!!!
Thank you! 😀
That would terrify me. Great job, Mishka.
Thank you so much! 😀
Nice work Mishka! I don’t think I’ve tried to pen a spooky story…I may try one of these days. Also, I tagged you in a social media tag on my blog! Hope you can do it. 🙂
It’s always fun to give a different type of story a try! 😀
Thank you so much for the tag, I’m gonna pop over and take a look right now! 🙂
Mildly? Seriously, that was some gooseflesh raising stuff. Well done.
Thank you so much! 😀 Definitely as interesting trying out a different genre!
I see the making of a new novel with this one
That would certainly be interesting trying to write a whole novel around it 😀
Thank you so much for commenting! 🙂
OHMYGOD Mishka! For someone who doesn’t write scary stuff that was GREAT! Totally gave me that oh crap feeling when I read it wasn’t her breath!
I’m so glad you liked it! 😀 It was great fun trying to create a bit of a scare within so few words!
Thank you so much for the kind comment 🙂
Short and concise. Very clean writing.