Brian brought Melissa to an abandoned carnival, buried in trees and covered with mites and beetles. As they carefully ventured through the dimly lit trees, they heard twigs snapping, and leaves crackling, but they still explored it. Then, they finally found a power switch, their curiosity took them over, so they pulled it with all of their might.

A few seconds passed, they heard nothing but the wind whooshing through trees. But then, it all quaked, and squawked, the ferris wheel started turning, the lights buzzed on, and off as if they were shattered. Then they heard something, like something they had never heard before, it wasn't anything near as small as a leaf blowing through the breeze, it was worse, it sounded like multiple animals melded together into one huge monster. Then, it found them, they tried to stay still but it could sense that they were alive, its mouth split open as its jaw unhinged.

Once in a small town of Lockwood, Nevada, a young woman lived in a small cabin. She had a golden arm on her because her arm was lost from a war. It was very heavy, so she couldn’t move to much. She sat on the couch, wondering what she would do with herself. She had a horrible case of coronary artery, along with the golden arm. She surely would die in a few months. She went across the hall to her daughter. She said,

“If I die, I want you to put my golden arm in a closet.”

“Yes mom.” The daughter said nodding.

A few days later, the mother did die. Her daughter took the golden arm and said,

“I told mother I’d keep it, but maybe I could sell it and get a new prauda dress from the mall.” The daughter thought to herself.

The daughter then sat with the golden arm, wondering what she could buy with it.

Just then, the wind started howling. Her windows were blowing open furiously. The daughter closed the windows, and figured a storm was coming. So, as she was taught, she went into her closet and hid. But a few minutes into the storm, she heard a whisper.

“Who’s got my golden arm?” The voice asked.

The daughter’s eyes widened. It was her mother’s ghost. She must have read her thoughts! The daughter put the golden arm on her shelf. Very quickly. 

“Phew.” The daughter said quietly

The closet doors suddenly flew open. Her mother’s voiced boomed

“YOU’VE GOT MY GOLDEN ARM!!!” Her mother yelled.

The daughter fearfully closed her eyes and shielded herself. When she opened her eyes, her mother was gone, along with the golden arm. The daughter sat there in the closet, crying.

The Candy Killer: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Prompt: Monster

Story by: Michael.Richter 10/19/22

It was a normal Monday for Timmy in M. C. High School, he was in the cafeteria eating lunch with his friends Jimmy Bob, and Dill Pickle. “ Did you guys hear about the candy killer on the news?” Timmy said with fear. “ Yeah, I heard he’s in the school somewhere!” Dill said while eating his hamburger. “That's just a rumor, Dill” Jimmy said.

After lunch, Timmy and his friends headed for Mrs. Apple's class and they heard a mysterious noise coming from the janitor's closet. “I wonder what that is?” said Jimmy. “Lets keep walking,” said Timmy with caution. As they walked away from the mysterious noise they headed for the open door of Mrs. Apples' classroom, as they walked in they saw all her classmates sitting in their seats. Timmy, Jimmy, and Dill sat at the same table and waited for class to start.

When class started it was like every other week, GIANT MOUNDS OF PACKETS. When we finished all of them the teacher graded them and said that Dill got a 100,(Like always) Timmy got an 87, and Jimmy got a 64. After class, we headed for the doors and had recess for about 25 minutes, after recess we waited for our parents to pick us up, but there was a problem. Dill wasn't here! 

“Wheres Dill?” Timmy said. “Idk,” said Jimmy. So Timmy sat up and went to look for Dill. When Timmy headed to the bathroom to look he saw the creepy janitor's closet that was slowly opening by itself. “WHAT THE CANDY.” Timmy said about to run away. Just then a person stepped out of the closet with candy all over his body. “AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,” Timmy said running away, but the candy man caught up with him and knocked him out dragging Timmy into the closet! When Jimmy heard Timmy screaming he ran right over to see what was happening, when he looked over the corner he saw the candy man dragging Timmy into the closet so Jimmy sprinted at the candy man and karate chopped him into skittles. 

After slaying, the candy man Jimmy grabbed Timmy and took him to the nurse's office. “How did this even happen?” said the nurse confused. “Crazy candy man hiding in the closet.” “MHM,” said the nurse sarcastically. After Timmy recovered they both headed to the janitor's closet where the candy man's body had disappeared inexplicably, all that was left was half-eaten skittles.

When Timmy went to investigate the janitor's closet which had Reese's all over the walls and floors he was sucked into a dark hole, and when he woke up he was in a candy paradise where he saw Dill eating a candy pool of jello. “Dill we found you!” said Timmy.

“You mean yourself right?” said Dill. When Timmy looked around there was only him and Dill it seems Jimmy was still in the other universe. So Dill and Timmy got up and looked for a way out of the candy dimension, just then a candy dog walked up to Timmy. “It's so…. Candy?” Timmy said. Just then Dill called out to Timmy that he found a portal, when they walked into it they were transported back into reality, where they found Jimmy eating a singular Skittle…..

There once lived a mother, a father, and two children. They were a very happy family, and loved each other dearly. The children were always so polite to each other and everyone else, so the parents spoiled them rotten. The children always did well in school, and the parents had much money. You could say they had a perfect life

But one day, something unsettling happened. The mother was out shopping, when she saw the father with another women. They looked happy. The mother stood and watched. When they started kissing, the mother angrily ran home in tears. 

She drowned her children through rage, which of course she instantly regretted. As her punishment, she drowned herself. When the father came and saw dead bodies in the river, he immidetly knew the mother had saw. And he also immidetly regretted what he did. He also joined his wife and children, drowning himself.

Not all stories end in a happy ending.

I can do things no one else can. I can disappear. It's more a curse than a power. I talk to dogs and visit my dad's old house.

I walk onto the porch step. Even the window is broken. He died of a shooting. He didn't finish his deal with the gamblers. We were at my mom's. She was too poor to take care of us. She ran. We're orphans. My sister's boyfriend took her in. I couldn't go.

I walk in. Nothing. Nothing but chalk, the outline of where my dad died. I sit. I cry. I run.