Don’t fall asleep (Friday Fictioneers)
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot
Silence.
My blood pounds. My heart thumps inside my chest. My breath is tiny gasps… too fast.
That’s the fear talking.
I clutch the wooden stake tighter, feeling splinters dig into my skin. In my other hand, I take refuge in my cross. I feel its shape press into my fingers like a brand.
All week the creature has not stirred. It took three babes last month. We swore it would take no more and have alternated the watch since.
Tonight, I watch.
Cold air chills the nape of my neck. I shiver.
A roar shakes the cobblestones.
It comes.
This is a Friday Fictioneers prompt
Word Count: 100
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Rambles, writing and amusing musings 
I liked the splinters in the wooden stake
Thanks Neil!
What a cliffhanger to leave us with. Tense stuff 🙂
Thanks Iain 😉 I have a bit of a cliffhanger problem. I can’t…
😂😂
EeeeK! Well, since the narrator is telling the story, I’m assuming he survived 🙂
Fearfully read. What is it about old Churches and barbaric vampire like creatures. Where there is heaven there is also hell. Well told.
Oh yes indeed. A great source for a scary story methinks
That story gave me an instant chill up my spine!
Thank you Jade
Oh, the build-up of tension and fear was very efficient, especially with the small details like the splinters and the shape of the cross. I hope the vampire gets destroyed.
Thank you so much. I think it will. 😊
It takes the babies! Horrible creature. Loved the splinter and cross details, too.
Well done.
Yes very evil monsters in the dark. But the nun has faith and a will of iron. No one will pass her.
Dear Laurie,
Sounds like a horrid creature. The fear is tangible and so are the splinters…ouch. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Oh very wicked. But the nun will save the children… I hope
Killing it would be less scary than that kind of wait.
I think so! Thanks for reading
Oh no. I hope she can use that stake and cross to good effect. I like the contrast between the silence at the start, and the roar at the end. Very good.
Thank you Margaret! I hope she can too.
Your protag is well prepared. let this be the last of the killings. So nicely told!
Thank you… I sure hope so 😊