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October 2024 Drabble Challenge: Spooky
Halloween is upon us. Give me a spooky prose story in exactly 100 words using standard English, punctuation, and spelling. Stretch those flash-fiction claws and rake them across the screen with a gut-wrenching tale of woe and horror. Please do not tag me, I'll read each entry and select a winner in early November. There is a HUGE CASH PRIZE of two hundred pennies for this amazing competition!
Snowball72 in Horror & Thriller

Laughter

A wind howled through the cracked windows of the old house, carrying whispers from the past. Sarah stepped inside, drawn by something she couldn't name. Shadows twisted along the walls as if alive, watching her. A child's laughter echoed from the darkness. Her heart raced.

"Who is there?" she called, her voice trembling.

The laughter stopped.

Suddenly, small, cold hands gripped her legs. She looked down, but nothing was there. Panic surged as a soft voice whispered in her ear, "You should never have come back."

The door slammed shut behind her, sealing her in with the house’s hungry secrets.

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