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Winner Bedtime by DanaSan

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Richard

Bedtime

by DanaSan

I could hear it moving around beneath me, breathing heavily. Wrapping a sock around my hand, I looked under the bed, right into its icy blue eyes.

“Please,” it moaned. “I want to go home.”

“Hush,” I said, shoving the sock into its mouth. “You’ll wake the others.”

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Congratulations to our Winner DanaSan. She has won our 2020 50 word horror contest! Please congratulate her in the comments below.

DanaSan is a freelance writer from New England. Her work has appeared in Funny Times, Runt of the Web, Third Flatiron Publishing, On the Premises and various other websites. When she is not crafting prose she is enjoying craft beer and tabletop gaming. You can learn more about her at her website www.danasansbrainstew.com and read more of her short stories at https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/dana-schellings/

 

Please note, if you enjoyed this contest, you might like our new contest . It is the same set up. $100 for 50 words. It is a creepy Christmas contest, and yes you can enter as many times as you like, and yes if you won this contest, you can still win the next one. It was slated to start November 1st, but….if you can’t wait….go ahead and get started. Good Luck! https://www.everywritersresource.com/100-50-word-horror-creepy-christmas-contest/

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4 thoughts on “Winner Bedtime by DanaSan”

  1. Jacomien Bezuidenhout says:
    November 8, 2020 at 8:34 am

    Congrats @DanaSan! That was brilliant.

    Reply
  2. Anonymous Poet says:
    December 22, 2020 at 10:28 am

    Congratualtions! Great story!

    Reply
  3. kha88 says:
    February 14, 2021 at 11:20 am

    that is awesome

    Reply
  4. Joseph says:
    April 26, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    It is so wonderful of you for sharing the knowledge you have with everyone else. Your blog kept me hooked from the beginning till the end and the words you have chosen were easy to understand.

    Reply

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