Ninth Minor Spirit of October out Out OUT! Instead of Inktober, I'm doing a spirit a day for October.
He had been told what would happen if he ever opened the door to the basement. But once it started, the scratching from behind the door would not stop. Every night, all night, ever louder and more insistent. He couldn't sleep.
At last one midnight he could not stand it any more. He threw off the bedsheets, and stumbled down the stairs to the heavy wooden door. He opened the latches, and drew back the bars, and sloooowly it swung open.
Nothing, just wooden stairs going down to a barren concrete floor.
Fifteen minutes later, after he was settled back in bed, the scratching started again.
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roseembolism) wrote2018-10-25 11:02 pm
