Holiday cards make Derek mad.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
1pp
Genre:
Horror
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
17+
Based On:
My short story.
Synopsis/Details

Derek, a 65-year-old oddball loner, is disturbed when he receives a holiday card in the mail. He feels that the people pictured on the card are making fun of him because he doesn't have what they do.

Chanting an ancient incantation from an old book, he sets the card on fire. It burns slowly, allowing the people in the picture time to come to life and panic. The smell of smoke is in the air, and there is no way to escape their small, four-sided, paper prison.

Derek smiles and drops the burning card in a metal barrel, smiling because he has many more matches.

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

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