HORROR SHORT STORY

I BEGIN TUCKING HIM INTO BED AND HE TELLS ME,

'DADDY,CHECK FOR MONSTERS UNDER MY BED,'I LOOK UNDERNEATH FOR HIS AMUSEMENT AND SEE HIM,ANOTHER HIM,UNDER THE BED,STARING BACK AT ME QUIVERING AND WHISPERING,'DADDY,THERE'S SOMEBODY ON MY BED,' 

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I ALWAYS THOUGHT MY CAT HAD A STARING PROBLEM-SHE ALWAYS SEEMED FIXATED ON MY FACE,UNTIL ONE DAY,WHEN I REALIZED THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING JUST BEHIND ME.

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A GIRL HEARD HER MOM YELL HER NAME FROM DOWNSTAIRS,SO SHE GOT UP AND STARTED TO HEAD DOWN. AS SHE GOT TO THE STAIRS,HER MOM PULLED HER INTO HER ROOM AND SAID'I HEARD THAT,TOO.'

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MOMMY TOLD ME NEVER TO GO IN THE BASEMENT,BUT I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS MAKING THAT NOISE. IT KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE A PUPPY,AND I WANTED TO SEE THE PUPPY,SO I OPENED THE BASEMENT DOOR AND TIPTOED DOWN A BIT.I DIDN'T SEE A PUPPY,AND THEN MOMMY YANKED ME OUT OF THE BASEMENT AND YELLED AT ME.MOMMY HAD NEVER YELLED AT ME BEFORE,AND IT MADE ME SAD AND I CRIED.THEN MOMMY TOLD ME NEVER TO GO INTO THE BASEMENT AGAIN,AND SHE GAVE ME A COOKIE.THAT MADE ME FEEL BETTER,SO I DIDN'T ASK HER WHY THE BOY IN THE BASEMENT WAS MAKING NOISES LIKE A PUPPY,OR WHY HE HAD NO HANDS OR FEETS.

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I CHECK INTO SMALL HOTEL A FEW KILOMETRES FROM KIEV.IT IS LATE.I AM TIRED.I TELL WOMAN AT DESK I WANT A ROOM.SHE TELLS ME ROOM NUMBER AND GIVE KEY.'BUT ONE MORE THING COMRADE;THERE IS ONE ROOM WITHOUT NUMBER AND ALWAYS LOCK.DON'T EVEN PEEK IN THERE.'I TAKE KEY AND GO TO ROOM TO SLEEP.NIGHT COMES AND I HEAR TRICKLING OF WATER.IT COMES FROM THE DOOR ACROSS.I CANNOT SLEEP SO I OPEN DOOR.IT IS COMING FROM ROOM WITH NO NUMBER.I POUND ON DOOR.NO RESPONSE.I LOOK IN KEYHOLE.I SEE NOTHING EXCEPT RED.WATER STILL TRICKLING.I GO DOWN TO FRONT DESK TO COMPLAIN.'BY THE WAY WHO IS IN THAT ROOM?'SHE LOOK AT ME AND BEGIN TO TELL STORY.THERE WAS WOMAN IN THERE.MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND.SKIN ALL WHITE,EXCEPT HER EYES,WHICH WERE RED.

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