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:
Teddy Bear
The Submission:
Dennis closed the wardrobe and turned back to his terrified son. “There’s nothing in there.”
“I saw it!” Nicholas bawled, hugging his teddy bear closely.
Dennis sat down on the edge of the bed and stroked his son’s hair. “Monster’s aren’t real, son. They can’t hurt you.”
With that, he left the boy to sleep but woke with a start when Nicholas’s screams echoed down the hallway.
Dennis burst into the room and flicked on the lightswitch. Nicholas was gone; all that was left was his teddy bear and a streak of blood that stopped at the open wardrobe door.
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