Photo (c) Jan Marler Morrill
It happened the summer I turned nine. We’d wake up early — unlike during the term — and head out to play. There were no parks, no gardens. Just the alleyways. We’d stay out till late playing cricket, hide-and-seek or football, returning only for food.
There was just one forbidden lane. The cul-de-sac with the yellow bungalow.
We didn’t chase our cricket balls there; we never hid there. Until that fateful summer.
We argued with him to not go there. ‘She’s a witch,’ said one. ‘A monster,’ said another.
He laughed at us.
Since his return, he hasn’t spoken.
© Sanch V @Sanch Writes (8 July 2016)
Word Count: 99. Written for Friday Fictioneers and the WordPress Daily Prompt. You can check out other Friday Fictioneers here.
mukhamani
8 July 2016 at 3:31 pmThat is scary. hasn’t he spoken or spoken about his experience?
Sanch, the writer
10 July 2016 at 2:09 pmIt’s a piece of fiction Mukhamani but no, in it, he hasn’t spoken since.
Shilpa Gupte
9 July 2016 at 3:28 amOMG! Sanch, please don’t leave us biting our nails in suspense! We so want the entire story, please!
Sanch, the writer
10 July 2016 at 2:09 pmThanks Shilpa…it was a bit hard in 100 words or less to try and explain it all. I like to sometimes leave things to the reader’s imagination
Margaret Leggatt
9 July 2016 at 7:13 pmOooh. What happened in there? Very good – leaves the imagination free to fill in the spaces.
Sanch, the writer
10 July 2016 at 2:08 pmThanks Margaret! I have my ideas but I’m leaving it to the reader’s imagination! 🙂
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
9 July 2016 at 9:05 pmDear Sanch,
This left me wanting to know more. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Sanch, the writer
10 July 2016 at 1:21 pmThanks Rochelle, with so few words, I do like to leave it to the reader to figure some things out or at least, wanting more
liz young
10 July 2016 at 3:15 amWhatever happened must have been awful – you built the tension up to this brilliantly.
Sanch, the writer
10 July 2016 at 1:21 pmThanks Liz
Alicia Jamtaas
10 July 2016 at 2:13 pmNicely done….
Björn
11 July 2016 at 12:52 amOuch … that was sinister.