Phantoms of the Shadows Pt.2

I took the light and walked back into the room upstairs with the noose and opened the door.  I held the light up and still saw nothing.  I went across the hall to the adjacent room.  The door was locked so I kicked the door down.  There was a hole in the right wall and a cage.  Inside the cage was a letter that read, “One of the creatures has manifested and come out of the shadows.  I was able to put it in a cage, but I fear it will outgrow the cage soon.  It has psychic powers and has been able to control my mind at times.  I also fear its thirst for flesh and blood has grown.”  I looked through the hole in the wall and saw nothing in the next room. I crawled through the wall and the room was exactly like the previous; it was dark, small, and had little in it.  The only thing in there was a bed.  The beds sheets were soaked in blood.  I pulled up the sheets and looked under the bed.  There lay John.  His face eaten away and his stomach’s entrails exposed.  My stomach began to turn.  I turned around and held the light up to the corner and the light revealed in the shadows the beast described in the letter.  It was a large circular body with six legs and the size of a dog.  Its breathingwas loud and came in short breaths.  It had no eyes;  Only a mouth with razor sharp talons.  Though it seemed to be staring right at me.  I creeped back out through the hole and closed my eyes.  I opened them and luckily the creature had not followed me.  I exited the room and went back to the one across the hall.  The noose still hanging from the ceiling.  I closed the door as I heard the one across the hall open.  I stepped onto the stool and then became a phantom of the shadows.The End. Kind of disturbing. I tried to write it in the style of Thomas Ligotti. I wrote it during two periods one day in school. I personally like it. Best if read at night....in the dark Written March 17th, 2002 © on Mar 16 2002 05:44 PM PST   0 • 10