For my weekly stab at satire, I wrote this third and final entry for the Trifextra Weekend Challenge. Here are the bloody rules – Entrants must write a horror story in 33 words exactly, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun or kill. But enough with the gory details. This contest slays me. I hope I don’t beat it to death. Waiting ’til Monday for the results will be murder.
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Trifextra Entry #3 – Curiosity Killed the Chat
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“What’s your plan?”
“Don’t know.”
“What about ‘bludgeon?'”
“Fine.”
“‘Axe?’ ‘Chainsaw?’ ‘Hook?'”
“All FINE!“
“Dude, there’s lots of words left.”
“Not anymore.”(WHACK! … THUD!…) (spoken to camera) “I’m gonna need a bigger post.”
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