Strange: The Senior Young Writers Group Zine 2023
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under the covers but…what if it opens the door and creeps into<br />
the room? What if it's here to take you? If you scream will<br />
anyone hear you?<br />
Thoughts spiral your head into a frightened panic. As<br />
you slowly peel away the covers from your face, the breathing<br />
has stopped. You glance around the room quickly for any<br />
dangers – none seem to appear. You reach out to your bedside<br />
table for your flashlight and cautiously get out of bed.<br />
Wandering around your room, you find some toys scattered<br />
near your closet. Your favourite telephone toy has big eyes and<br />
a dial switch for its nose, the phone part attached to a curly<br />
plastic tube coming out from the underside. You're starting to<br />
feel at ease until a high-pitched mechanical scream comes from<br />
your bed. Alert and armed, you shine your flashlight onto your<br />
bed. Nothing.<br />
Thunder erupts from above the house and rain pours<br />
over the estate like a tsunami. It has you feeling on edge even<br />
more. A long, deep exhale strikes your neck. It sends a chill up<br />
your spine. You turn around while slowly shining your<br />
flashlight in the closet. <strong>The</strong> rays of bright yellow overflow into<br />
inky darkness, revealing a silver hook laying perfectly still<br />
beside a long, broken leg. Moving your flashlight forward, the<br />
legs appear to be attached to a torso. Reddish in colour with<br />
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