We were so relieved to see her wearing a blindfold at the pick up location, until my husband said, “Those are bandages.”
Then my teeth hatched.
Then he pulled the knife out of her chest and went into his brother's room, who was still asleep in his crib.
I really should have known that the ones who keep the prices high would make a problem of it, this is the fourth time I've found my brake lines cut.
As he walks through the door and I wait for his smile, I hear a deafening, primal scream and notice the look of horror on his face as his eyes settle on the baby in my arms.
The doctors are baffled she shows no brain activity nor heartbeat, so how is she still moving and complaining about the process?
Twenty years later, a detective showed me footage from a basement where she'd spent her entire life, and I recognised the doctor who had been bringing her birthday cakes.
As I saw Mary’s bloated corpse rise behind my brother, however, covered in water and seaweed, I knew she wouldn’t be so forgiving.
She rushed to the police, who confirmed that the message had been sent from her sister's phone while it was sealed inside their evidence locker.
The flower oddly screams that she does as I get to the last petal at the top of it.
Girls, do your chastity belts have hooks in them?
The other ex-husband who swore to kill her as soon as he got out of prison.
From afar, I could hear my housemate talking about how time freezes whenever he snaps his fingers.
My parents were cheapskates, though, so I've no idea what's making that noise in my childhood teddy.
The blue triangle floated to the window surface, bearing the words: "Not before the thing in the hallway finds you."
We thought it was going to be another false alarm, until we saw the bodies in the front yard.
But they mostly seemed to visit for their father, and I really need to gentrify my building.
The most terrifying part is that some people report the figure getting closer every time it happens, until they can feel its breath against their face—and hear it whisper, “You can stop pretending to sleep now.”
It was only a few days later that we see what they was running away from
“Of COURSE I'm infected too, babe,” he grinned, sticking his tongue in a fresh jar, “I’m just a really good fucking actor.”