‘This is as far as I go,’ Ed said.
The three boys were standing at the broken doorway to the abandoned hospital.
‘It’s haunted.’
‘Come-on, stop being such a baby,’ Tom replied, ducking into the derelict hallway.
Simon followed and not wanting to be alone Ed joined his friends.
They crept along a dimly lit corridor and slipped into a ward. It was if the patients had left a few days previously, sheets still on the beds, pictures on the walls.
‘It’s creepy,’ Simon said.
The dusty curtains billowed, a cupboard door slammed shut, and they bolted for the exit.
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.
1 comment:
Oh, that's quite evocative, Rob. No matter what actually made the curtains billow and the door slam shut, it can send a shiver through you.
Post a Comment