Copyright–Janet Webb
Here we are once more gathered in the virtual front room of our gracious and talented hostess, author and artist, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. We’re here to share our original stories for the weekly meeting of Friday Fictioneers. Our challenge is to write a story with no more than 100 words. It’s supposed to include a beginning, middle, end, and follow the picture prompt supplied for the week. The prompt this week is supplied by Janet Webb. Thanks Janet.
http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/12-september-2014/
Genre: Horror Fantasy
Word Count: 100 Words
THE WINDOW By P.S. Joshi
Terrifying dreams haunted Marjorie the last few nights. First came the tap at the bathroom window, next the moan. She was looking in the mirror when the window started to rise. Then the dream stopped and she woke, covered with sweat.
She was now alone since her husband’s death. Her fear increased, but she hesitated to tell anyone about the dreams for fear they’d laugh and think her foolish.
On Sunday evening she’d come home from her book club meeting. As she checked her hair in the bathroom mirror, there was a tap at the window, then a low moan.
Musings on Life & Experience 
Oh my, this is excellent. Need to check my bathroom window.
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Mirrors and windows are just a little less dangerous than mirrored windows.
Wonderfully crafted. 🙂
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And it starts again.
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This does not sound like a good scene. Whatsoever… Nicely done Susan.
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Just creepy enough and the rest left to our (fertile) imaginations. Good job, Susan.
janet
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Oh my, is it her imagination or a haunting that her husband had protected her from?
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Oh dear, maybe she should have told someone. Or maybe she’s losing her mind after her husband’s passing? Great story!
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Ah.. but how bad could it be.. maybe it’s just her husband coming back to check on her.. it will be quite ok till she takes a lover.
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Bathroom windows are the worst! Ghosts love them for some reason. Lovely and spooky!
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Quick! Lock the window and check who it is. Good ghost story.
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Oooo, very spooky! I hope it’s just her husband coming back to see her one last time!
Great story!
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Stay out of that bathroom and go build a new house! YIKES!!! Spooky is right! Great job this week.
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Dear Susan,
Nothing like being alone at night. Tense and terrifying and left to our imagination. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Susan,
That was a wonderful….. Excuse me a minute, I hear a low moan….
Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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I wish my desk wasn’t beside the window now!
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Thanks Missy. Don’t worry. That was a bathroom window. 🙂 —Susan
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Lucky my office isn’t in the bathroom, oh wait I think I read a story about that 😉
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At least it wasn’t a moan at the window and a low tap. On the first dream I would have had that house up for sale and been living in a Motel Six til it sold! Scary!
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Maybe she should have done a better job hiding her husband’s body. Great suspense in this little tale.
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This is the kind of story you should read late at night, alone, in the bathroom, by candlelight. 🙂
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Oh dear. I don’t feel this is going to end well for poor Marjorie.
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I would not laugh at her, Susan. I have seen and felt , but not recently. Well told.
Lily
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Dear Susan, Good ghost story – and Yikes! I’d sell that house so fast they couldn’t find me! I wonder if that’s what happened to her husband?
Nan 🙂
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Very creepy yet at the same time, it is incredibly vivid.
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Thanks Zheng. I’m so glad you liked the story. I’m happy I got the desired effect. 🙂 —Susan
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Oh my lord! I’m already a scaredy-cat …but I’m suddenly thankful not to have a bathroom window 🙂 This was really good and scarey, Susan!
Ellespeth
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Very creepy, Susan! I felt the tension build and love the way the reality “mirrors” the dreams. Nice!
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So intriguing and spooky.
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That was quite shivery! Well-told and vividly atmospheric story, Susan!
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After seeing the movie “The Exorcist”…a long time ago…I could not bring myself to look into a mirror for fear of seeing the devil. Of course I’ve gotten over it, but I can never, ever watch that devilish film again. Good storytelling, Susan…
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Just scary enough and leaving me wanting to know more. Well done Susan
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Ooooo, gives me shivers. Well done.
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Now that’s haunting in every sense. Well done.
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Oh my! Well, that ending certainly gave me unexpected gooseflesh! Well done!
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Thanks Kate. I’m glad I got the effect I wanted, and you enjoyed the story. 🙂 —Susan
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love the chill you leave with the reader…should she fear this new development or think perhaps the husband returns in good spirits…good one, Susan!
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