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Weekly Contest #99
“Don’t be scared of the demon” I told my grandchild in her super-secret hidey spot. “You don’t need to run and hide” “But its going to get me!” she cried as she itched her butt. “It will get you regardless of whether you run and hide.” I told her. “Oh no, will it get you too?” She sobbed. “Yes.” I replied, and I started to reminisce and tell her of my last scary experience with the demon, many many summers before she was born. There was a knock at the door, and I went to check who it was that my god had brought to my home. It was the ...
TW: child abuse The sunrise came. I hated sunrises. They reminded me of when my old elementary school had burned down that May. Fiery reds and oranges, dancing in the sky, clouds like smoke in the air. This intensely red and orange sunrise with the smokey clouds seemed like a normal morning for everyone else, but it just made me scared and sad. I was scared of my new school with this sunrise looming over it, and sad that my old school was gone. I heard rumors of this school, but my mom told me they weren’t true. I walked in the giant ...
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