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▲ 560 r/notinteresting
The difference that a haircut and a shave can make.
u/purple_fucker — 5 hours ago
I would love to see your horror stories on my sub
I made a sub that freely allows horror stories,art and video.
There isnt very many rules. Like 5 of em tops.
u/purple_fucker — 1 day ago
▲ 45 r/HorrorMovies
I think Wishmaster would of became much more iconic if the acting and the script were just a tiny bit better.
The acting fell flat alot in the first movie. And id say the Djinn did more lazy wish entrapment than actual wishes. I think if they were a tiny bit more clever and made the wishes he granted seem really good at first before it circles around and bites them in the ass. The Djinn easily could have been up there with Jason and freddy.
This is a decent movie, it was a fun watch. But the director didnt have enough imagination to fully make the djiin scary as hell. The Djinn could have granted a orphan his wish to bring his parents back only only for them to slowly turn into mindless zombies that eventually tear the orphan apart or something scarier than turning a pretty girl into a plastic mannequin because she wished to be pretty forever.
Its kind of like when someone tries to write a smart character and they just make them a giant douche because they're so much smarter than everyone else as their main trait only without showing anything substantial or remarkable about their intelligence. All tell and no show.
u/purple_fucker — 1 day ago
▲ 1 r/stories
What would you do for your kids?
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
What would you do for your kids?
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/stories
The God of Suffering
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/story
The Leech God
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
The Leech God
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
The Leech God
On a stormy night, a crying man walks into a church late at night. He’s holding a baby that stopped breathing during delivery.
The man angrily shouts, “You took my wife, please don’t take my son too.”
He sobs uncontrollably and says,
“I’ll do anything.”
A cold breeze flows through the room, and the lights go out.
A black figure appears behind the man and says,
“Anything?”
The man says yes in a scared voice.
The figure then says, “Is eternity worth the 80 years he might live?”
The man hesitates while looking at his son’s lifeless body before angrily saying yes as the tears dry up.
The black figure grabs the boy from the father’s arm.
He mockingly rocks the baby’s body a few times before his hand nears the baby’s mouth.
A leech crawls out of his sleeve and inches toward the baby’s face.
The leech crawls into the baby’s mouth. Nothing happens for a few moments before the leech crawls back out and returns into the entity’s sleeve.
The baby begins crying as air fills his lungs.
The father grabs the baby from the entity’s arms. A tear of joy rolls down his cheek.
The man tells the entity, “Thank you.”
The entity says in a sinister voice, “Don’t thank me. You will pay for this"
As it walks toward the back of the church, before it exits, it looks back at the father and says, “I’ll be back for payment on his 18th birthday.”
The entity disappears as the church lights come back on.
───
17 years later
Allen is waiting in the crowd as Simon is on stage during his high school graduation.
Random guy: “They grow up so fast.”
Allen: “You’re telling me.”
Allen cheers loudly as Simon is called up to receive his diploma.
Allen hugs Simon as he walks off stage and tells him how proud he is of him.
Allen: “Congrats, son. I always knew you’d make it.”
Simon: “Thanks, Dad. My next goal is to finally be able to whoop your ass.”
Allen smiles and playfully punches Simon in the arm.
Allen: “You’ve got a long road ahead of you then.”
Simon goes back into his crowd of friends.
Simon and Allen head back home.
Simon changes his clothes and gets ready for the party tonight.
Allen lights a cigarette as Simon walks to his friend Roger’s truck parked in the driveway.
Allen: “Be careful.”
Simon: “I will.”
Allen: “Text me if you need a ride. I don’t want you in the car with people who’ve been drinking and smoking.”
Simon: “I will.”
As Simon slams the truck door shut, Allen sees a figure on his front porch.
It looks hand-carved from wood. The figure is wearing similar clothes to Allen. Allen turns it around, and it has scorch marks all over its face.
Allen’s heart rate shoots up momentarily, but he calms himself down. He knows he has a few days at least.
───
Several hours pass. Simon and Roger are drunk as hell, sitting on the couch laughing. The music in the house is loud.
Simon sees six boys from his school he didn’t like walk in.
They were being obnoxious and annoying.
Simon texts his dad to come get him. He knows those boys are going to start something when they see him.
One of the boys spots him.
Conner: “I bet you wish your whore mother got to watch you graduate,” he says with a smile.
Simon: “How many baby daddies does your sister have?”
Conner: “At least my sister is still breathing.”
Simon: “When she doesn’t have a cock down her throat.”
Conner punches Simon, and Simon headbutts Conner back.
The two begin fighting viciously. Simon gets on top of Conner and starts beating him, but Conner’s five friends begin stomping him. Roger jumps in and tries to help Simon, but the boys start stomping him too.
The crowd does nothing as Simon and Roger are beaten mercilessly. Only the sounds of kicks and punches can be heard.
Then the sound of the front door opening is heard.
Allen walks in and sees the boys jumping his son and his friend.
Allen runs and drop-kicks Conner in the ribs. One of the other boys punches him in the face. Allen staggers but throws a right hook into the young man’s face. Another boy tackles Allen to the ground, but Allen manages to punch him off and get back up.
Conner sucker-punches Allen, but Allen recovers quickly and kicks him in the ribs again, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. The gang of boys finally runs off in fear.
Allen helps Simon and Roger to their feet.
Allen: “You guys alright?”
Roger: “My face is killing me.”
Simon: “Yeah, I managed to shield my face when they started kicking me.”
Allen: “Do you guys need a ride to the hospital?”
Roger and Simon both say no.
Allen tells them to buckle up as he goes to drop Roger off at his parents’ house first.
After a short drive, Allen and Simon get out with Roger, and Allen tells Roger’s parents what happened. After seeing the bruises on Roger’s and Simon’s faces, they all agree to press charges in the morning.
Allen and Simon get back in the car and drive home.
───
After getting home, Allen tells Simon to drink plenty of water and throws him a bottle of ibuprofen to help with the hangover and swelling.
Allen walks into his bedroom. Next to his nightstand is a picture of Simon’s mother before she passed. Allen jumps into bed and falls asleep almost immediately. He is bruised and tired.
Allen abruptly wakes up at 3 a.m. He can’t move. He is trapped in his own body. All he can do is look around his room.Then he notices a figure staring at him from the corner of his room.
It has a gray face with soulless eyes looking at him.
The figure begins walking toward the bed. Allen is shaking, its all he can do. His body won’t move.
The figure is now at the edge of the bed. It opens its mouth unnaturally wide, and hundreds of leeches and centipedes crawl toward Allen. They begin digging into his skin.
Tears roll down his face as he feels the centipedes’ sharp legs crawling inside his ears. The gray creature just stares and watches.
Just as quickly as it began, Allen wakes up covered in sweat. It is 9 a.m. now. His skin shows no signs of distress.
He tells himself it was just a dream. But then he sees a small splotch of blood on his neck in the bedroom mirror. He looks at his pillow and sees more blood. He lifts the pillow up and a couple of leeches begin scurrying away from the light.
Allen throws up into his bedroom trash can.
───
Allen cleans himself up as best he can in the bathroom.
Then he hears a knock at the door.
Allen puts on a shirt and pants quickly and goes to answer it.
Allen opens the door and sees a police officer named Frisk. He has questions about last night.
The officer tells Allen that Conner’s parents want to press charges against Allen for punching their son. But the video of them jumping Simon and Roger has been posted everywhere, so they know Conner isn’t the victim now.
Allen calls Simon to the front door. The police officer takes pictures of Allen’s and Simon’s bruises.
Officer Frisk: “That’s a hell of a shiner, son.”
Simon: “They messed Roger up worse.”
Officer Frisk: “I know. We headed to his house first. His parents want to press charges. Would you and your father like to also?”
Simon and Allen look at each other for a brief second before nodding together.
Allen recounts his experience to the officer, then Simon tells his account.
The officer nods as he writes down each statement. He thanks them for cooperating and apologizes for the incident, then hands Allen a card with his number and says, “Tell me if any more details come to mind.”
Allen shakes his hand, and the officer walks back to his car.
───
Allen goes back to his room. He starts stressing about how Simon is about to turn 18 in one day. What will he do when he’s gone?
Allen has managed to save up some money through the years, but is it enough for Simon to live comfortably through college?
The thought of what Simon will do when he is gone terrifies Allen more than the creature ever could.
Allen prints out several important documents and signs them in front of a notary. After signing, the notary puts his signature on them as well. Allen places the documents in a manila folder and drops them off at his lawyer’s office mailbox.
On the drive home, he starts hearing whispers from his back seat. He turns around and sees nothing. The whispers are persistent and keep saying his name.
He pulls into his parking spot, goes into his house, and heads directly inside his bedroom. He is not in the mood for anything when he hears a knock at the door.
Simon asks if he’s alright. He says he’s seemed stressed for the past couple of days and after last night.
Allen tells Simon he is alright, just stressed. He really thought it would feel longer than it did, seeing him grow up.
Then he hugs Simon. Simon hugs him back tightly.
Allen tells Simon that he is proud of him and knows he raised him right, and that he can take care of himself.
Simon laughs and says he isn’t planning on kicking him out?
Allen laughs and says no.
Allen then tells Simon he is ordering food from a fancy place tonight.
Simon says his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.
Allen says he knows. He’s just proud he graduated.
───
After the food is delivered, they sit down at the table.
Allen brings out his tray of food. It is full of crab legs and shrimp.
Simon opens his. It has steak, shrimp, and rice.
They both gleefully eat like pigs.
Allen chugs a soda while Simon scoops rice into his mouth.
Allen slides Simon a tray of dinner rolls and butter. Simon’s eyes light up, and without hesitation he grabs several.
Simon then tells Allen he is going to stay the night at Roger’s house.
Allen nods while eating a crab leg.
Allen thinks to himself it’s probably for the best anyway. He was going to suggest it anyway.
Allen finishes eating and tells Simon to be safe. Simon assures him he will and heads out the door.
Allen is now alone in the house as it gets dark. He sits on his bed waiting, looking at his phone, rereading messages from Simon, looking through old photos, before finally scrolling to the last one: a picture of Allen and Simon on graduation night.
Its 11:59 p.m now and its dark. Allen texts Simon happy birthday and that he loves him one last time.
Then Allen looks in the mirror. The demon’s eyes are staring at him through the glass. An amused look on its face. It came here for his soul. The mirror begins to violently shake.
The creature is trying to break out. The glass cracks. Allen waits as it shatters.
The lights in the house all shut off at the same time. Allen stands up and turns on a flashlight.
The mirror is completely broken and looks like a portal. The creature is nowhere to be seen.
A bief pause. Then Allen feels a hand on his ankle. The creature sinks its teeth into his leg, trying to pull him through the mirror.
Allen kicks at it as his flesh is torn. He hits its eye. It growls loudly as Hundreds of centipedes and leeches crawl out of its mouth. Allen tries smashing them, but they overwhelm him. Digging inside his skin.
He feels the leaches crawling around in his eyes
He is completely covered in them as they drag him into the mirror. His blood curdling screams are heard by the neighbors. he desperatly holds on to the outside of the mirror.
The entity shrieks: “If I can’t have you, I’ll take your son, You made a deal.”
Allen looks at the picture of his wife on his nightstand one last time before closing his eyes and letting go.
He is pulled through the broken mirror. The portal closes behind him.
The neighbors call the police after hearing screaming. They find nothing until they reach Allen’s room. Inside is broken glass, blood, and deep scratches in the hardwood floor facing the mirror.
───
Three weeks later, A news story is played all over the local television. Allen is legally declared dead by the county without a body. There was so much blood at the scene, investigators don’t think anyone could have survived. It is ruled a homicide, but with no suspects or leads, they cannot do much.
Simon is at his father’s lawyer’s office, tears rolling down his face. He slides his father’s death certificate across the desk.
The lawyer opens the manila envelope and plays a video Allen recorded the day before he died.
Allen center on the screen says how much he loves his son and that he leaves all his Earthly possessions to Simon, including the house and access to his bank accounts.
Allen says that after losing his wife and almost losing Simon, he bought a lottery ticket because he figured his luck couldn’t get any worse. He won about $200K after taxes and put it into a high-interest savings account for Simon.
He tells Simon to live his life happy and free. It’s what he and his mother always wanted.
The lawyer gives Simon the routing and bank information. The lawyer hugs Simon and tells him that his father was a damn good man, and that he is going to miss him too. Simon sobs in the lawyers arms for a few minutes before telling him " thank you" Simon drives to his father’s bank. A clerk recognizes him from the news as Allen's son. He understandingly helps Simon navigate his fathers bank account settings. Before handing him a small piece of paper with a balance on it.
$405,163.30
u/purple_fucker — 2 days ago
▲ 35 r/hockeygoalies
Does anyone besides mylec make the old style hockey mask?
Just curious i like the look of the older style hockey mask for theri scaryness. I'm not going to actually play hockey.
u/purple_fucker — 9 days ago
▲ 2 r/CreepyBonfire
I tried combining the hockey mask and pale face mask together. Is it scarier now or what?
The pale hockey mask. What do you think of it?
I got 50/50 votes on which was scarier the hockey mask or the pale face mask so I tried combining it. Is it scary or does it look bad.
u/purple_fucker — 10 days ago
▲ 31 r/Masks
Does the mask fit look better now?
I put the mask in the oven and stretched it out repeatedly til it fit my face better. Does it look better fitted to my face now? There is the tiniest gap on top of the mask between my forehead and the mask. I was trying to make it look like the mask was actually a part of my face. So i dont know if that little gap ruins the look I was going for.
u/purple_fucker — 11 days ago
▲ 2 r/whatsthissnake
Is this a young banded water snake? South Florida
Mocking birds were pecking at him. So i got a stick and relocated him to the woods.
u/purple_fucker — 17 days ago
▲ 1 r/story
What am I doing wrong in my horror story sub?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dreading/s/nIEcX0BeL1
R/Dreading
I made a horror sub that's mainly for writing and reading scary stories. But I allow art and other stuff to encourage users to be creative. What am I doing wrong?
I get low engagement on users' content, and im trying to improve the sub as best as i can, I want my creators to get their stuff noticed.
u/purple_fucker — 28 days ago
▲ 0 r/moviereviews
Scary movie 6, I give 4 out of 10 stars.
The biggest problem with this movie is lazy joke telling and over reliance on pop culture. You could watch scary movie 1 and 2 without watching the movies they were making fun of and still about piss your self laughing. It's a comedy movie series and honeslty none of the scary movies except the first one had a good plot imo. And I'm mainly saying that because of the Doofie twist. So I'm not counting that against it.
u/purple_fucker — 28 days ago
▲ 2 r/Dreading
I'm allowing artists to offer commissions on here
Badass cover art will get more people to take interest in your scary stories.
Don't rip no one off.
Remember, no AI content on here.
Artist, you should submit a requested picture with your water mark on it before you charge.
If you're commissioning someone to make something for you, don't buy it without them showing you a picture with their water mark on it first.
Don't trust anyone until you have proof that they made the image or whatever it is to your liking first.
If you rip anyone off, i will ban your ass from this sub
.
If someone rips you off. Send me their user name with proof they ripped you off, and I'll gladly ban them and recommend them for a ban on reddit.
Proof is screen shots of the conversation and proof of payment.
If someone has really low post karma and no post i wouldn't trust them
-purple_fucker
u/purple_fucker — 29 days ago
▲ 7 r/Dreading
Sub announcement. What do you guys want more of?
Hi guys, how are yall doing?
I'm curious what do you want for this sub. I've been inviting story writers and artists here. I'm hoping some of you guys collaborate. Is there anything you want on this sub? I'm trying to make the sub better.
u/purple_fucker — 29 days ago
▲ 6 r/story
Man-Eater
A man walked alone through the Amazon Basin. He was a conservationist and had dedicated his entire life to protecting endangered wildlife. But at fifty-six years old, his body was beginning to slow down. Before retiring, there was one thing he wanted to see one last time: the endangered Amazon river dolphin in its natural habitat.
He had been trekking through the jungle all day, and night was quickly approaching. Exhausted, he sat on an old rotten log and began setting up his tent near the riverbank. Mosquitoes already swarmed around him in thick clouds, so he decided to build a small fire to keep them away during the night.
He pulled out a flint and steel and worked patiently until sparks caught the kindling. A small flame flickered to life. He fed it carefully, watching it grow brighter against the darkness of the jungle.
Once the fire was stable, he unpacked an MRE and activated the chemical heater. Steam rose from the bag as the meal warmed. He smiled tiredly, licking his lips in anticipation of the ravioli. After mixing in hot sauce, he ate slowly while listening to the sounds of the rainforest around him.
For the first time all day, he felt content.
After finishing his meal, he crawled into his tent and unbuckled his gear. He needed a good night’s rest before continuing his exploration in the morning.
Hours later, he awoke suddenly to a low, rumbling growl.
His eyes snapped open.
Another growl echoed from outside the tent—deeper this time.
Dangerous.
Slowly, he unzipped the tent and peeked outside.
A massive jaguar stood near the edge of the campfire’s light.
The animal moved silently toward him, its golden eyes fixed on his face.
He immediately stood tall and shouted, trying to scare it away. But the jaguar didn’t flinch.
Instead, it kept coming.
The man grabbed a burning branch from the fire and waved it in front of him. The jaguar growled and swatted at the air. He thrust the flaming stick closer to its face.
Now he could smell its horrible breath.
Still, the jaguar refused to back down.
Fear surged through him. Acting on instinct, he swung the flaming branch and struck the animal across the muzzle. The jaguar snarled violently as the fur around its face singed from the heat.
For a moment, the two stared at each other.
Then the jaguar slowly backed away into the darkness.
But before disappearing into the jungle, it stopped.
It looked back at him one last time and roared.
The man suddenly understood something horrifying.
He was being hunted.
The rest of the night was miserable.
He threw every remaining piece of firewood onto the flames, desperate to keep the blaze alive until sunrise. Even then, he barely slept.
Before dawn, he packed his gear quickly. He wanted to get as far away from the jaguar’s territory as possible.
For hours he hiked through the basin, sweat soaking through his clothes as the jungle closed around him. By midday he estimated he had traveled nearly six miles.
Finally, he allowed himself to relax.
Maybe the jaguar had given up and he was far enough away from its territory.
He stopped beside the river to eat breakfast and recover some energy. Afterwards, he pulled out his camera and prepared to photograph the wildlife.
He waited patiently beside the muddy water.
A small caiman drifted through the river nearby before suddenly diving beneath the surface, as if startled by something below.
Then he saw them.
Two adult Amazon river dolphins emerged from the cloudy water, their gray bodies tinted faint pink beneath the sunlight. Between them swam a calf.
The man’s heart nearly stopped with joy.
After weeks of searching, he had finally found them.
And they had a healthy calf.
With shaking hands, he lifted the camera and began taking photograph after photograph. He became so focused on the dolphins that he stopped paying attention to the jungle behind him.
A growl erupted only feet away.
He turned slowly.
The jaguar stood directly behind him.
Its eyes burned with hatred.
Before he could react, the animal lunged.
Both of them crashed into the river.
Murky water swallowed him whole. He thrashed violently as the jaguar clamped its jaws around his arm, ripping and tearing through flesh.
He screamed underwater, but only bubbles escaped his mouth.
The jaguar was trying to drown him.
His lungs burned. His strength faded. Darkness crept into the edges of his vision.
Desperate, he grabbed the camera hanging around his neck and smashed it against the jaguar’s face. The flash exploded underwater.
The jaguar recoiled slightly—but it refused to let go.
Summoning the last of his strength, the man jammed his thumb deep into the animal’s eye.
The jaguar jerked back violently, tearing a chunk from his arm before finally releasing him. Growling in pain, it swam to shore and disappeared into the jungle once more.
The man crawled from the river coughing violently, water pouring from his lungs.
Blood streamed down his ruined arm.
He knew he would die if he didn’t stop the bleeding.
Using his knife, he cut a long strip from his shirt and wrapped it tightly around the wound. He shoved a stick beneath the fabric and twisted until the tourniquet tightened.
Agony exploded through his body.
But eventually the bleeding slowed.
Barely able to stand, he stared into the jungle.
Somewhere out there, the jaguar was still watching him.
He knew there was a small village several miles away.
If he could reach it, maybe he could survive.
So he started walking.
Wet. Bloody. Exhausted.
Hours passed beneath the crushing jungle heat. Several times he heard movement in the trees beside him.
The jaguar was still following.
Keeping its distance.
Waiting.
The man collapsed to his knees repeatedly, but every time he forced himself back up. He grabbed vines and branches to pull himself forward.
Eventually he noticed something wrong with his arm.
The flesh around the bite had turned a deep raspberry red.
Infection.
He tried to ignore it and kept moving.
But after several more miles, the skin began turning black.
Sepsis was setting in.
Soon he could barely think clearly. Fever consumed him. His head pounded. His head wws spinning and dizzy. His body felt freezing cold despite the humid jungle air.
A few trees away, the jaguar watched him silently.
It knew he was dying. Just waiting for him to be weak enough to not fight back.
Night began to fall.
The man staggered forward, barely able to lift his feet anymore. Then suddenly he smelled smoke.
A village.
Hope surged through him.
The jaguar crept closer between the trees.
The man tried to shout for help, but his voice came out weak and broken.
Using the last of his strength, he stumbled into a run.
For a brief moment adrenaline made him feel light again.
He was so close.
Then something slammed into his back.
The jaguar.
Its claws buried deep into his flesh as both crashed to the ground.
The man screamed as the animal raked its claws across his face. He tried to reach for its eyes again, but the jaguar caught his hand in its jaws.
His hand crushed.
The man couldn’t fight anymore.
He was too weak. Too sick. Too exhausted.
Slowly, the jaguar moved its jaws toward his neck.
Then it bit down.
The man stopped resisting.
He could feel his life draining away with every fading breath. His vision darkened as the pressure around his throat tightened harder and harder.
His face turned purple.
And finally…
He relaxed.
Days later, searchers found the man’s camera near the river basin.
Inside were hundreds of beautiful photographs—birds, trees, sunsets, and finally the rare river dolphins swimming peacefully with their calf.
There were also several older pictures of the man smiling beside his two sons.
But investigators were disturbed most by the final image stored on the camera.
A blurred photograph accidentally taken during the attack
It was Staring at him with blood thirsty eyes wide open.
u/purple_fucker — 29 days ago