Darkness

In the darkest hours of the night, a haunting voice whispered, then more voices joined until it was a deafening wave of sound. I sat cladded in my mellow blanket as the chants grew louder. Soon they were drowned by the cacophonous sound of ear splitting screams that filled the crisp air. I dragged myself out of bed and made my way towards the source of the almost inhuman noise, my legs as wobbly as jelly. The door stood ajar, a shudder ran through my spine as I hesitantly climbed the steps of the house adjacent to my own dwellings. A gasp erupted from my mouth as I witnessed the horrendous sight that lay before me. A bag of bones wrapped in scraped torn skin, turned to me, a sneer painted on its face, its eyes overflowing with insanity, blood dripped from its mouth. I took several steps back as it grew near. With a thump I landed on the floor, intestines lay sprawled on the blood smeared floor. As I scrambled to my feet a hoarse voice enveloped in the darkness muttered “I bet that nose is as tasty as the last one I ate”.