Challenge
February Drabble Challenge: "Love and Hate"
Well, it's Valentine's Day time, so let's get cliche. Write me a prose story in exactly 100 words tying into the theme of love or hate or Valentine's Day. Any genre, but horror has a special place in my heart. Winner gets a pair of George Washingtons, baby. Wanna win? Stick to prose using standard rules of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I'll choose the winner in early March.
Undying Love
Every year I hope for an empty bed on Valentine's Day.
Every year, I wake up in the middle of the night to a heavy weight on my chest and claws like sharp arrows sinking into my skin.
“Will you be mine?” It whispers into my ear with a smile.
The corners of its contorted grin widen impossibly. It extends its ghastly hands toward my chest. Its icy claws graze my skin and leave beads of blood in their wake.
Every year I pray my wife's ghost will finally move on from here. The Vatican stopped responding to my letters.