Happy Halloween! A trick? No. A treat? Up to you. Here's a little short story I wrote in the vein of one of my favorite shows, "Tales from the Crypt." Just something I thought up while watching the party scene in "The Addams Family" movie. Also my first "stab" - heh - at a horror story. Turned out a bit more gruesome than planned and outlined, so reader be warned...
Ellen and Helen
by Jeremy Morong
(Free PDF available here for easier reading)
Ellen kissed her boyfriend good-bye for the umpteenth time,
sending shivers down her sister Helen’s spine. Worse, when their lips smacked
together, they created little kissy noises that further repulsed Helen.
Helen was forced to listen, having no choice in the matter.
But she didn’t have to watch them
kiss, too. So she turned her head and closed her eyes.
The lovebirds finally finished their bit of unpleasantness.
Helen resisted the urge to upchuck along with the stronger, more primal urge to
strangle her sister. Helen shuddered: how
much more of this could she take?
“Good night, dear,” the boyfriend said. A stupid grin spread
across his face, which masked his evil intentions as far as Helen was
concerned. “And Helen, please think about what we have asked—it would mean so
much to us.” He grasped Ellen’s hand as he said this, very much playing his
ridiculous part of one-half of a happy young couple in love. Disgusting.
Helen merely nodded in reply,
indicating she would think it over. Which was a lie. The only thing Helen would
be thinking over would be the finishing touches on how to murder her sister.
It had been a long time coming.
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