A Hundred Words of Horror For Hallowe'en...

Here we go... 4 100 word short horror stories, for Halloween.

The Biography of King Earl

A good biographer can capture a subject's soul in a few words. So can an evil sorcerer. It doesn't take many. One hundred will do the job, contain all that is or was about a man.

The worst part is, in a really good spell, the words come to overwrite reality. The subject is removed from history, eternally tortured by cramped spaces and a lack of detail. His deeds go unremembered, and even the sorcerer can't remember his reason. The poor man hasn't even been given a face.

Once a glorious king, his palace is much smaller now. One story.

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IM Worried

Marybear11 (09:45:15PM): I miss u.
Bi++erPhi1 (09:46:03PM): U 2. How r the kids?
Marybear11 (09:46:35PM): Asleep.
Bi++erPhi1 (09:46:43PM): No problems?
Marybear11 (09:47:02PM): Not with them. Scary being here alone, tho.
Bi++erPhi1 (09:47:24PM): Scaredy cat.
Marybear11 (09:47:54PM): Serious, its creepy. I keep thinking someone's watching.
Bi++erPhi1 (09:48:26PM): You say that every time.
Marybear11 (09:48:57PM): Worse this time, probably cuz of what happened at work.
Bi++erPhi1 (09:49:19PM): he'll cool off
Marybear11 (09:49:31PM): hope so
Bi++erPhi1 (09:50:01PM): *hug* I'll be back tomorrow.
Marybear11 (09:50:29PM): can't wait. Brb, doorbell
Bi++erPhi1 (09:56:28PM): u back yet?
Bi++erPhi1 (09:59:52PM): Mary?
Bi++erPhi1 (10:13:14PM): U there?
Bi++erPhi1 (11:11:39PM): ...hello?

(Author's note: I consider each timestamp 1 word and each namestamp likewise 1 word)
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There's Something Outside

There's Something outside, and it wants in. I'm afraid. I'm not sure why. Maybe It's benign, only curious about us. But maybe It's malevolent, and wants to hurt us.

I didn't expect this when I decided to sleep under the stars. I thought I was outside. I didn't know then that every outside is inside somewhere else. I fell asleep by the campfire, and awoke to the sound of Something scrabbling, pushing against the walls of what I thought was everything. Now I want that damn axe, before It breaks through.

There's Something Outside, and oh, god, it's coming In!

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The last one I actually wrote last year, but I figured I'd include it for the theme's sake...

The Stars Were Right

They always said Millie and I were each other's destiny, but something was always in the way.

Then it finally happened. The stars aligned. We were both single.

That night was perfect until we woke and saw that thing rising from the ocean.

Now, like most, she does little besides cannibalism, screwing, and killing, indiscriminately, and yelling "Ia! Ia Cthulhu!"

I fake it, to take care of her, but she knows. We're growing apart.

It's sad to discover two people so in love can't manage to go mad together. And to think, she always said I was the impractical one.

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Edit: occamsnailfile also has wrote some 100 word short horror stories here. They're quite good, you should check them out.

New Comic Day + Halloween Foo

This week I only got one book:

New X-Men #43 (better than the last issue, and some genuine laughs here)

Full reviews up as usual at my comic reviews site for anyone interested.

Work was okay, though a bit later than I'd like. Ah well.

Did the long walk home, which helped me sort out a bit of starting plot for the NaNo. Though I was a little disappointed to see very little halloween spirit. There were a few people in costume, but not very many. And in the walk home I walked past kids getting out of school too - the proportions were higher, but not super high.

As for myself? I went as an undercover ninja, and part time zombie-slayer. Which meant I didn't wear a costume. I did however have an old plastic zombie-hand prop and put it in my bag such that the fingers were coming out of a zippered pocket. So at least I did something to show my Halloween Spirit.

If I had any skill at makeup and didn't shun contact with people I don't know, I would have set up a street stand to zombify people for a small fee (to cover costs), just to correct the problem, but alas, neither of the prerequisites were true. Also presumably I would have had to get a license or something.

Hmmmm.. Whedon and Dushku back together on TV?

It seems so.

Concept's a little odd, but interesting (and although I'd love a Buffyverse series, I'm kind of pleased it's something different, too). The bad news is, it's on Fox. The good news is, it's got a 7 episode committment. Which probably doesn't mean much because Hollywood commits and then breaks your heart all the time.