Horror Prompts’ Gillian Church is hosting another horror drabble challenge: 31 prompts for 31 creepy tales throughout March. This time, we can decide on the length of the piece but I’m sticking to the 100-word default.
Can you do it?
The Prompt:
Scooter
The Submission:
Sally’s been bangin’ on about getting’ a scooter for her birthday since Christmas. Seven goddamn months of whinin’! It was enough t’drive a man t’drink…or worse. How could I tell her that I couldn’t afford the damn thing? Fuckin’ redundancies; it was all I could do just t’keep a roof over our heads an’ she’s crowin’ about a scooter! Well, I hope she’s fuckin’ happy! I had t’ gut two people to swipe it and I’ll never get the bloodstains out of the paintwork! Wish I could say it’s worth it t’see her smile but, honestly, I just want t’…
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