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Week 10 Storylab: Horror Microfictions Part 2

Love is a scary thing: Image


Helicopter Parent - 50 Words
My mother has always been overbearing. Even now, she still calls me every day, telling me how much she wants me to visit her. She even shows up unannounced some nights to check on me. I've gone to her grave and begged her to stop, but she just won't listen.

It's Terminal - 100 words
I love my wife more than anything in the world. It's always been just us, no kids, and we like it that way. We always said that we would be together forever. I've tried to enjoy as much time with her as I can lately, but the cancer is making it difficult. The doctors tell me that I don't have much time left. What I don't understand is why my wife keeps screaming and trying to break out of the bedroom when I'm not home. I already told her I would make it quick and painless when the time comes.

Author's Note: This is my second set of horror microfictions, and these two stories are a bit longer than my original post. It was nicer to have a little bit more length to these stories so that I could flesh out the background some more. However, I do feel that these longer microfictions lose out on some of the mystery that the shorter stories carry, which can be a good and bad thing. This time, I used the theme of love to drive the creation of these stories. Love is an incredibly powerful feeling, and the raw emotion and connection that is shown through true love can be truly terrifying when it is twisted into something dark. Let me know what you think!
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  1. Mr. DeanyApril 18, 2020 at 7:26 AM

    Hi Brett!

    I really like this idea of writing microfictions and have actually seen some before that go by a sort of challenges where they reduce the words over and over. Anyways I really like how quick you were able to create so much suspense, especially at the ending of both of these stories as they are when the stories take their dark turns respectively.

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  2. Gabriela PinerosApril 29, 2020 at 2:25 AM

    Hi Brett,

    It's so awesome how you did this! I tried to do this assignment once, but I had a hard time coming up with stories this short. I felt like I couldn't fit everything that I wanted to. I enjoyed how you made them horror stories but the topic was love. I feel like those two things often don't go together, but you made them fit. Great Job!

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  3. Randy ScharnhorstApril 29, 2020 at 2:38 PM

    Hi Brett,

    I was always interested in doing one of these extra credit assignments and really like how you did this one! The first story is very quick and short but still shows a very scary situation. The second one has a great build up and an even better plot twist at the end. I like how these stories are so unique and fun to read!

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