Saturday, January 30, 2016

Peculiar

100 Word ChallengeI'm joining Tara on her inaugural hosting of  the 100 Word Challenge. I think I've missed writing within a specific word count. 







The cellar never bothered her. She wasn’t one to be spooked by dark corners or the peculiar smell of damp dirt. It was the perfect environment for jars of fruits and vegetables preserved for winter use. 

Recently, the trips left her rattled. Small noises emanating from the dark corners. The smell of damp dirt becoming more foul than peculiar.

She stubbornly shook off the idea she was being watched. 

She ignored the tingles down her spine, the raised hair at her nape.

Until she saw the eyes glowing from the dark corner. And the long claws scratching in the dirt.

24 comments:

  1. OOOOHHH!! Nice!! Creepy! Love it. What's down there with her?!

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    1. Thank you! Yes, I love the creepy. Who knows what lurks in the shadows.

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  2. The familiar grows alien....nice! Welcome home. Good to read your work again, Renee. I have missed it. :)

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    1. Thank you Tom, and so good to read you as well. I hadn't realized how much I missed this kind of writing.

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  3. Creepy and dark. Just my cup of tea. Ally :)

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    1. Creepy and dark like my mind! And often twisted. Thanks for reading, Ally.

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  4. *shudder* My grandmother had a cellar, glad I didn't read this before going down into the dark.

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    1. We've been working ours. I have never been uncomfortable there. But...what if?

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  5. I'm too big of a chicken! I'd be spending as little time as possible going down there and I'd always think there were eyes! This is totally creepy and fun!

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    1. Thank you, Gina. So far there haven't been any eyes in mine. So far :-)

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    1. Next? Not yet, I already have three wips that were conjured from flash stories. I. Must. Not. Look.

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  7. Eek! Always listen to those little premonitions. That is the lesson here! Nice and creepy!

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    1. Absolutely! Never ignore those little tells your intuition give you. Thanks for stopping by.

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  8. Yikes, Renee... brings back childhood memories. We had a cellar I was afraid to enter alone. Nice, spine tingling 100 words!

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    1. Thank you! Although I am comfortable in my basement, one never knows what might be in those corners.

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  9. Yikes, very creepy. I had my bedroom in the basement as a teenager. *shudders*
    Great to be reading you again, Renee!

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    1. Thanks Kymm! It's great to see familiar "faces." I have missed the storytellers.

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  10. This was very cool! I love a good "creepy things hiding in shadows" tale.
    I enjoy prompts that force me into a small word count. It makes me focus on what's really necessary.
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    1. Thank you! I love the tight counts as well. They make me work for it.

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  11. Ooohhh. My cup of tea. Fantastic!

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    1. Thank you, and also like me tea with scream and shiver. :-)

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  12. I like that creepy feel, nicely done.

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  13. Ooh - my nape!
    Well-done. Very visceral. On first reading, I wasn't thrilled with the repetition between paragraphs one and two, but on further review...
    LOVE IT!
    Excellent.

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