For part one, click here.
Jack pushed the dark mahogany door open and was genuinely surprised. He was braced for darkness and horror but instead, the interior was brilliantly lit and the carpet was plush and grand.
“This is a joke, right?” Ash whispered. Jack ignored him and continued down the corridor.
A few steps further, they heard a door slammed and turned. Their eyes widened at once. “It can’t be,” Jack muttered.
The man grinned and spoke in a British accent. “Yes, gentlemen, the one and only, Wilbur Winston. Welcome to my home. We’ve been expecting you.”
“We?” Jack mustered.
“Me and my family, of course.” He stepped forward and the floor squeaked.
“How are you alive?”
“We never died.” He looked at them, perplexed and then laughed. “Oh, you fell for that?” Jack and Ash exchanged nervous glances. “Yes, we never died. We have however been cursed to be stuck here forever.”
“Cursed?” Jack asked.
Wilbur’s eyes suddenly became ravenous. “Yes and you have no idea how starving we are. Now, let me introduce you boys to my family. They are all dying to meet you.” His smile became wider, revealing his fangs and all around Jack and Ash, they could suddenly hear feet shuffling on the floor. They wanted to run but their feet seemed to be locked in place.
Outside, behind the mansion, a van shifted to park. The Winston’s butler was back from his little trip from the hospital. As he got out of the van, he heard a blood-curdling scream. He ran for the door, pushed it open and sighed. “Is that another mess I have to clean up?”
To finish this delicious story, I had to go over the word limit, way over. (~269 words) I hope you’ll enjoy the conclusion.
I am participating in Priceless Joy’s fairly-new flash fiction challenge, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writer, where we write a piece between 100 and 150 words (more or less 25 words) in length inspired by the photo prompt above. This is 100% fiction!
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Uuuooo, spooky.!! Who screamed? Kind of reminds me of “The Munsters.” Do you remember that television program? LOL!
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Who screamed? Jack and Ash of course. 😀 I’ve heard of “The Munsters” but I don’t think I’ve seen it before. I know it’s funny though.
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If you get a chance to see some of the shows, watch them. Yes, it’s funny.
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The name already sounds funny. I might watch it this summer.
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Oh wow, this is a totally unexpected twist to the story but I like. Ah, poor Ash and Jack.
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Well, it was them who wanted to go into the scary place but still, I felt kind of sad killing them.
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Yeah, but we never know. Maybe just maybe, they survived and lived to tell the story? 😉
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Maybe, you’ll never know.
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Soul shaking ~ Mind trembling ~ Spooky ~ A wonderful response that fits the house perfectly 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
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So Jack and Ash became dinner for a family of vampires. Excellent – a great twist in the story. 🙂
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Yup, to a family of starving vampires. 😀
Thanks for reading.
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Good twist. I was not expecting vampire! I wonder whether Ash’s camera was still filming? 🙂
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Thanks! I wasn’t expecting vampires either. It just came out. I was expecting it was a prank all along but I didn’t know how to play it in the story. Yeah, I wonder if Ash’s camera had caught the whole thing too.
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The butler made me laugh 🙂
Good twist, I didn’t expect them to become dinner!
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Thanks! I thought after writing such a dark story, I needed a funny ending.
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Great conclusion. I was not expecting the Winston family to be home. I laughed at the butler’s comment too.
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Thanks. 🙂
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What a good story. It’s worth the extra words. You’re too young for this (I’m in my 60’s) but this reminds me of a Soap called “Dark Shadows” that was on when I was a teen. I was really hooked on it and very sad when it got cancelled. WOW!
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Thanks.
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Well that the end of that TV show! Great story – it would be interesting to know if Jack died or did he join the Winstons?
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Yes, it would be interesting to know that.
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Really good two part story. I wish you had more words to finish it lol
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🙂 Thank you.
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Oooh, juicy! 🙂 I love these kinds of story’s!
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