Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
PUNISHMENT
Lying Mama locked me in the box today. No homeschool. No cookies. Just her tricks. I howled, Mama prayed, and the house? It shook.
Boxes and houses don’t keep me. I got out and wandered.
A man drove up. Wanna see a puppy, girl?
I did!
He drove us away, but weren’t no puppy. And I got mad at that liar.
Do what I say, he said. Or else.
The car shook. All the windows broke. And he screamed and screamed.
When I got home, Mama said, What have you done?
I said, she’d better give me a cookie now.
K.M. Reed is a writer of horror and fantasy fiction based in Phoenix, Arizona. As a desert dweller, she considers nature and people equally lethal. Both provide inspiration for her macabre tales. Her three favorite things are dark stories, any cat, and all chocolate.
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash anthology.
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