Yep, I love Halloween, and to celebrate all things creepy, here’s another little horror themed drabble for you...
The Birds
The birds perch, silent, on the telephone wire, blackest ink against the blue sky, heads cocked, their glittering eyes watch me walk by.
More amass on the playground climbing frame, their numbers increasing with every step I take towards the quiet school to pick my daughter up – I am late.
At some unseen sign, the ravens screech a deafening caw and lift off as one, their wings a feathery thunderclap.
But they haven’t gone. The dark menacing mass were airborne and aiming straight at me, their lone prey.
Hands over my ears, I run for safety, but not fast enough...
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Enjoy the season of spookiness!
Shelly Revenant Redd
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