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roseembolism) wrote2018-10-24 09:49 pm
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(Repost) Second Minor Spirit of October: The Phone Whisperer
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SECOND MINOR SPIRIT FOR OCTOBER
Since I'm not doing Inktober, I thought I'd do something else. Like a spirit a day for October,.
The Phone Whisperer
It used to be, late at night, the phone would ring, and when one picked it up, there would be nothing but an incoherent whispering just on the edge of hearing, or a sound like sighing wind. The phone company said it was just equipment malfunctioning, or branches rubbing on lines sending a signal to a random phone.
They were lying.
Some people thought that if they listened hard enough, through sheer will they could make the words make sense, and gain esoteric knowledge.
They were wrong. They were hearing hunger.
The phone whisperers are almost all gone now, thanks to call number displays, and answering machines and cell phones. But occasionally, if you pass an old phone on a corner or next to an abandoned gas station, late at night, the phone will ring.
Don't pick up the receiver. They're desperately hungry, now
SECOND MINOR SPIRIT FOR OCTOBER
Since I'm not doing Inktober, I thought I'd do something else. Like a spirit a day for October,.
The Phone Whisperer
It used to be, late at night, the phone would ring, and when one picked it up, there would be nothing but an incoherent whispering just on the edge of hearing, or a sound like sighing wind. The phone company said it was just equipment malfunctioning, or branches rubbing on lines sending a signal to a random phone.
They were lying.
Some people thought that if they listened hard enough, through sheer will they could make the words make sense, and gain esoteric knowledge.
They were wrong. They were hearing hunger.
The phone whisperers are almost all gone now, thanks to call number displays, and answering machines and cell phones. But occasionally, if you pass an old phone on a corner or next to an abandoned gas station, late at night, the phone will ring.
Don't pick up the receiver. They're desperately hungry, now