Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Eight O'clock Hour


Time seemed to tick faster each night.  I could see my reflection staring back at me in the wet window pane.  She looked confused, frightened.  Of course she did.  It had been happening for a whole week now and last night’s episode was just as terrifying as the first.  Glancing at the clock, I knew someone else would soon be haunting me.

When the first one came, a week ago, I blacked out.  I found myself wandering in the street, but have no idea how I got there.  Instead of fear, I felt curiosity surge through my veins, pulsating at every turn.  It didn’t make sense to me to be curious about the ground beneath me, the air flowing around me, or even more strange, my skin and teeth and toes.

For four hours, seven strange nights in a row, I became someone, something else.  Each night left me understanding only slightly more.

As darkness descends, the eight o’clock hour will soon arrive.  I’ll be locked inside, allowed to see, hear, smell, touch, but never speak as someone or something takes me.

Write On Edge: Red-Writing-Hood
It's all about 8:00, am or pm, at Write on Edge this week; 200 words or less.  And I'm bringing the hour to you with a new fictional character.  While I love watching scifi, I've never written any...until now.

13 comments:

  1. um, Karen, you're scary!!!!! This was awesome!

    I loved the description of how she never really knows what happens but that she is waiting on it, nervous and even excited.

    I love your words *sigh* love!

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  2. This is great - totally drew me in and I want to find out more.

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  3. *shivers* It hints at vampires/werewolves/zombies... or some type of shape-shifting entity... ooooh! I love the mystery and suspense! A curse/spell cast on the character?

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  4. Oh gee whiz that would freak me out yet you have made it all intriguing. WOW

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  5. creepy. TO know you are changing but not be able to figure it out...and to know it always happens at the same time, talk about stress!!

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  6. Haha! Excellent! I love it - what a brilliant concept. Yay.

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  7. That last line is awesome. Is this your NaNo? Because this story has legs?

    Your descriptions do it just right...add to the mood, and move the story along.

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  8. I especially like the reflection in the wet glass, and the detail that speech is denied her, even though she has her senses during these episodes. The rules of sci-fi and fantasy can be so much fun!

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  9. Ooh! I'm suckered in, let's see where this one goes!

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  10. Yowsa woman! This is creepy. And scary. And intriguing. Well done!

    Poor her, yes? But seriously go you!

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  11. This is truly scary! I hope they just go for a walk and return home.

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  12. I want more!! Very good for your first SciFi :) Of course, I think you can write anything and it'll be excellent. Just try and prove me wrong, LOL!

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  13. TEASE! {I want MORE!!!}

    Great job, though - you are ONE it! xoxo!

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