ZOMBIE SCARE

  Halloween short provided by Pat Koelmel, Rick’s Reviews guest contributor:

                                 💀     ZOMBIE SCARE 👻

        Flashlight in hand, Harley lay underneath his bed reading.

The story terrified him.

Yet he couldn't stop turning the pages.

     “HARLEY!” screamed his mother as she entered his room. “Are you under the bed reading those horror stories about zombies again?”

Harley jumped at the sound of her voice, hitting his head on the bed frame. “Ouch, you scared me,” whined Harley.

“It’s no wonder,” said his mother. “Anybody would have the jitters reading about zombies getting their brains shot out.”

Harley crawled out from under the bed. “Are they true … the stories?”

“Of course not,” she said.

Just then a gust of wind whipped through a tree outside Harley’s bedroom window. The branches scratched at the window pane.

It sent a shiver down Harley’s spine. He asked again, “Ma, are the stories true?”

His mother sighed. Then she took a long, hard look at her son. “I guess you’re old enough to know the truth.” She nodded yes.

Harley’s stomach lurched.

“Now you understand the dangers that face us,” said his mother. “Why Dad and I have never let you go outside. We had to protect you until you were ready.”

“Ready for what?” croaked Harley.

She gazed outside into the darkness. “Survive out there on your own.”    

Harley gasped. A cold sweat covered his lanky body. Then he trembled with both fear and anticipation.

Suddenly, he felt a hunger like never before.

His mother grinned. "It's time boy. Time you caught your own dinner."