Reblogged from strangegoingsonintheshed:

This story is an offshoot of one of my entries for Kat Myrmans’s Twittering Tales.

The story was entitled the Relic.

You may infer from the title that it was a mini-chiller. Or not. I’m making an assumption, so apologies. Kat posts a new writing prompt every Tuesday, they’re enormously fun, and test one’s ability to create a succinct story in 280 characters.

As for this strange offspring, what can I say? The tone is darker, unclear even. It gestated in the mind pretty quickly. I ‘saw’ its form and wondered whether it would be appropriate to release into the light. Horror is not a genre I’ve dallied with on a regular basis, not even sure my efforts would be effective. Regardless, I’m willing to try. The protagonist in “The Relic” appears here, she has a task to undertake, and carries it out splendidly. No spoilers at this stage dear readers.

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