RING

RING

RI-

hello?”

“hi”

“who is this?

“it is ashleigh”

“oh sorry”

suspicious

a nagging sense of unease in your brain

you ignore it

“do you want to go out tonight?”

“where would we go?”

“my place”

“um…”

you shouldn’t go

dont go

DONT GO

“okay, sure, why not”

you wave away the screams and

ringing alarm bells

its fine

its asheleigh

you drive to her house

“hey, ash, where did you hide the key to get in?”

“it is under the mat”

“…thanks”

it’s not under the mat

it never was

it’s in the flowerpot every time

you should leave

you back away

“where are you going?”

not-asheliegh is talking,

leave now

“can you see me?”

you stop dead

“i am always seeing you”

“wha-“

FLASH

a grin, blood painted up the teeth,

lips stretched all the way to the ears

appears from the door

hands, if you could even call the mangeled flesh that

wrap around your arms and like a disease,

the rotting sickness spreads through your skin

eating your bones and burning your veins,

working its way up to your brain

FLASH

RING

RING

RIN-

CALL HAS GONE TO VOICEMAIL

“mommy, please help me-“

scream

you gurgle and cough your heart on the

linoleum tile below you

the smile on the face of the terrible thing

grows wider

“look at how pretty you are now,

so so beautiful”

FLASH SPARK

BAM

lights out