Moonpetals

i have been working on this for two weeks which is embarrassing because it is nine sentences long. i typed it in four different fonts before accepting that scary stories have to be in plain font, you cannot have a ghost in comic sans. posting it before i lose my nerve.

THE COLLECTOR

theres a woman in every town, and in yours, who collects keys. working keys, keys people are still using. she has a ring of them in her coat pocket and every key on it opens somebodys front door, and nobody ever gave her one. dont ask how she gets them. she doesnt pick locks or steal, the keys just end up with her, the way lint ends up in your pocket. at night she takes the ring out and holds each key and knows exactly which door it opens and what the hallway smells like on the other side. she has never used one. she never tries. she just likes knowing that she could. she added a key last tuesday.

the ending is abrupt on purpose, before anyone says anything. is it scary or did i just describe a woman with a hobby? be honest but gently

the hallway smells line. i am not going to sleep great and its ur fault. the part i keep thinking about is that she never uses them. a normal robber would be less scary and i dont know why. i checked my door and im mad about it

"She just likes knowing that she could" is the line I keep rereading. Sempi, write more of these. I mean it.

you are both being so nice that i am suspicious. yes there will be more. the next one is about a payphone and it is eleven sentences, my stories are getting longer, by christmas i will have written an entire page

Sempi wrote:she added a key last tuesday.

That is the other line. Tuesday makes it worse because Tuesday is so ordinary.

Keep the plain font for this one, but Comic Sans could absolutely improve a story about an evil birthday clown. I would read eleven sentences about the payphone.

evil birthday clown is going in the notebook. he will be named mr giggles because subtlety has left the building.

the payphone one currently has a girl calling her own house and getting herself on the other end, but then both of them just say hello for six sentences. this may require editing.

Sempi wrote:then both of them just say hello for six sentences.

i would be scared by sentence two lol. please post it when its ready.

also can i use THE COLLECTOR in the halloween header this week? just the title with a link here. u deserve more readers and i promise no comic sans <3