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Fun House
Poppy's Prompt #5
Descend with me into the depths of darkness
Where the wind strips the flesh from your bones.
Enclosed in an envelope of starkness,
Feel all hope of escape erode
As demons paint the walls with your blood.
Get your tickets here!
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A/N: I thought I'd try one with a sliiiightly daker tone. This is for Poppy's Prompts #5. If you're not familiar with her prompts, check it out here and join in on the fun:
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Dana Crandell
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This story was originally published on Medium. ************** A bellow, a shriek, a roar… one by one… emanated in the distance, but closed in. Not one single hair on one single neck in the valley wasn’t standing at attention.
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Comments (16)
Goodness, that sounds a bit skeery for me!
Ooh , so you dabble in darkness too? Well done, and that last line … 👌
Fabulous & Congratulations on the Leaderboard H M!!!💕❤️❤️
I'm shivering, such an interesting read.
What a different vibe from your last entry for this prompt that I read! Such a creepy and sinister tone!
This sounds like a very captivating blurb of a book that I would definitely buy!
Dark but so beautiful. Very relatable. Wonderful work!
This is exactlyyyyyyy how I feel right now so it resonated so deeply with me. Loved your poem!
Ooo! Not your usual darkness but I am all here for it!! Great work Dana!!
Definitely darker! I like the last line, drawing attention to our behaviour.
Whoa, this is chilling! I felt the wind cooling my blood as I read it. "As demons paint the walls with your blood." creates such a visual! I love this, Dana!
Oh damn, that was decidedly dark for you!! 'Get your tickets' was a fantastic, surprise last line. Great work!
I'd love to hear this sung by the Cure. Got my attention.
Fabulous work, Dana. I love this
Definitely darker, I like the visual you painted
“Feel all hope of escape erode” Nice! Utterly dark. Perfect breakfast read, lol.