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This probably won't fit in, but it's the only scary story I've made.

A lonely wanderer once parked his space ship on an out of the way world and went for a walk. He saw beautiful, abundant fields, and lovely orchards, but all the houses looked like fortified prisons. He wondered about this, but went inside one of these homes when invited by the farmer who lived there. Once he was inside, the farm family told him that he wouldn't be able to get back to his ship before dark, and that it was not safe on any account to be outside after dark because then those infected by the ghost plague came out and hunted.

The traveller was skeptical, but agreed to spend the night at the family's home. So, after an excellent supper, he followed the farmer, his wife, and two teenage children into a thick walled inner room and watched as the door was barred. He was offered a bed, but told that the lights had to remain on all night, or the infected would be able to enter.

Within moments of nightfall, the speakers connected to the outside of the house started picking up unsettling sounds, which soon became the cries of a baby and the frantic screaming of a woman saying that her car had broken down and to please let her in before the monsters got her. The farm family, pale faced, shook their heads and barred the way as the traveller started to his feet, explaining that it was an infected ploy.

So passed the terrifying night. In the morning, the inner room was opened, and the farm family gave their guest a wonderful, bountiful breakfast. As he ate the traveller asked why the human folk didn't just leave the planet. The farmer replied that no one came this way anymore because of the plague, so the uninfected were trapped. The traveller offered to take the farm family away with him so that they could try and find help for their neighbours, and the family eagerly accepted.

They boarded the ship, which took off and headed toward the nearest space station. That downshift, the farm family would experience darkened rooms for the first time in their lives.

That downshift, the traveller woke to hear the sound of a baby crying outside his bedroom door.
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Last edited by Tam I am; 11-01-2022 at 10:16 PM.
Old Posted 10-30-2022, 02:33 PM