Mystery
Ticket Please
A clanking noise stirred the man from his thoughts. There was a low ringing in the back of his head, and he noticed his hands were shaking. He felt fine though; he wasn’t sure why they were shaking. His hands were calloused and spotted; various scars etched into his skin. He had been staring at his hands a rather long time before realizing that someone stood beside him.
By Maika Rothfuss3 years ago in Fiction
Life on a Train
His eyes opened suddenly, he gasped as he sat up straight in his seat. His heart was pounding hard in his chest, he was breathing heavy. He could feel sweat trickling down his forehead, he used the back of his sleeve to wipe it off, that’s when he noticed he was wearing a suit. He looked down at himself. It was an all back suit, with a black tie. He looked around at his surroundings, realizing he was on a train. He pulled himself up off his seat and looked around more, the cart was completely empty. He sat back in his seat confused. How did he get on the train? Who was he? What was his name? Why was he sweaty? The questions kept running through his mind, he had no way to answer them. His heart pump louder in his chest, he could feel ringing in his ears. He turned his head and looked out the widow hoping he was going to recognize something through the glass. The train was moving too fast, everything outside looked like a blur. He began to feel panicked, he quickly patted his chest, and his thighs looking for something to be in his pockets; a wallet, an ID, a watch, a ticket, anything that he could call his, but he didn’t have any pockets on him. He stood up from his seat and into the aisle and looked up and down the cart, he didn’t see anyone.
By Paige Turner 3 years ago in Fiction
The mystery woman with the red rooster
I didn't experience it myself , I heard it from my mother . But it was a true story . The protagonist of this event , surnamed Li , , Let's called her Aunt Li here , this event is during the pregnancy of Aunt Li . Funny thing to say , how did my mother meet Aunt Li ? Auntie Li was a teacher when she was young . In the 1970s , it was rare to be a teacher . Aunt Li used to run after my father when she was young , but he didn't approve of her because she wasn't pretty . I met my mom , and they got married . However , there was no rivals in love at that time , li auntie also found a local person behind , life is relatively good , the two families became friends . Only later my father came out to work , had a little career outside , and then settled down there . This is my mother that year when the hometown and Aunt Li chat , she said . All right , now we're in business . That was a little interlude . Aunt Li split up into her husband after they got married and got pregnant soon after . After she became pregnant , Li did not cook at home every day . Instead , she went to her in-laws ' home for dinner with her husband every day . Their in-laws home has a certain distance from them at that time also do not have the road , so that's what they walk NiBa Road , passes through a piece of the willow wood , and among the willow wood there's a piece of unmarked burial mounds , they come back every day to walk , hometown people tend to have a custom General pregnant woman will pack a little dog or some other to ward off bad luck . So did Li , and it lasted for more than nine months . That day Aunt Li went to dinner as usual in the afternoon , that day her husband did not come back , . So she went to her parents-in-law's home to . It was dark after dinner at her in-laws ' house , and she was going to have a chat at her in-laws ' house until her husband came to pick her up . Imperceptibly , it was more than 9 o 'clocks in the evening , and her husband was still on his way home . At this time Aunt Li suddenly stomached pain , this is to emergency delivery ah . Her parents-in-law was horrified . (Because it wasn't as advanced as it is now , a telephone ambulance would stop at the door , but in those days , if you call an ambulance , the ambulance would usually stop at a certain intersection because there were all those roads and there were no streetlights . ) So his parents-in-law put Aunt Li in the woodshed and covered with a quilt . Then he locked the door and ran to the neighbors . (As for why locked someone in a woodshed ? It is because there are sickles or firewood knives in the wood room , which can ward off evil spirits . ) . When Aunt Li's parents-in-law walked not long , because it is an emergency birth , this time Aunt Li has been fast faint pain . But consciousness is still very clear , in pain she was about to faint , she saw someone shaking the door to be precise it was a female ghost . What she saw was a woman dressed in red , with long hair . She was shaking the door and grabbing at it and screaming . And most of all , Aunt Li saw the ghost's face . According to Li , the ghost's face is only as wide as our index and middle fingers combined . At that time , Aunt Li saw a pair of scissors next to her and grabbed the scissors with her hands . The ghost of the door is still in the non-stop call . Just then her parents-in-law arrived . And there were a lot of villagers . They put Aunt Li on a stretcher they had woven themselves and walked to the 120 ambulance . That's when Aunt Li saw the man from the back of the crowd staring at her and kicking a big rooster in his hands . Finally we put Aunt Li into the ambulance , Aunt Li lay in the car through the door of the small window or can see the ghost chasing her behind , and hand carrying the rooster . When Aunt Li was sent to the emergency room of the moment , she saw the ghost there Shouting , want to come in but can not get in , has been there to scratch the door . Also , the operating room is full of knives and so on , and the cross on the door is also exorcism , . So she can't come in . When Auntie Li gave birth to her baby , she woke up to see the ghost and the ghost had disappeared . Behind Li aunt to find a local person , the man said that the female ghost are also in a hurry when the accident , a corpse two lives , the body is buried in the willow forest . As for the big rooster that Aunt Li saw , it was actually the woman who bled all over the floor when she died , and the blood dyed the pants . That's why the ghost kept holding up her bloody pants . Except what looks like a rooster to us is actually a pair of bloody pants .
By Eamonn Davies3 years ago in Fiction
The No-frills Express
He opened his eyes. To his right, there was a window. Outside that window stretched a dim and gloomy landscape with few defining features. It was twilight, apparently, dusk, perhaps, for the distance was lost in a gray and darkling haze. Nearer at hand, there was only flat and barren earth, cast in muted tones of brown, gray, and black, indistinct beneath the looming shadow of nightfall.
By Daniel T Hylton3 years ago in Fiction
Sunset Ride
Lance was there. Bullets were flying over and into the rock formation being used as cover. The no-named band of horse thieves had set up a hasty ambush when Lance Hartingway and Jebadiah Lowrance were gaining on their trial. The two Texas Rangers had been tracking them west from San Antonio for a week when they were finally close enough to apprehend them. That’s when they started shooting.
By D.D. Schneider3 years ago in Fiction
Inertia Train
It took a while for him to wake up. His eyelids were stiff and reluctant to open, sticky with the heaviness of deep sleep. His head felt like a boulder; slow and grey, unable to propel itself unless coaxed by another force, and so, he tried to reach his hand up to his head for reassurance that all was well. His hand resisted, as if he was asking it to move through treacle or thick mud; like a resistance band was around it.
By Rachel Deeming3 years ago in Fiction
Mystery Train
Waking up cold and clammy you roll from the bench of the carriage onto the floor which is covered in water from the rain pouring through the carriage window from the storm outside. Stumbling to your feet you try and close the window but it would not move as the rain stung as it hit your face and you are forced to give up. Where am I? You ask yourself as you fumble through your pockets looking for your ticket. If I'm on a train I must have a ticket you think to yourself, but find nothing but empty pockets and a key. Once again you are on the floor in the water as the carriage rocks back and forth recklessly as it goes around a turn as it's out of control or there is no one at the controls. Grabbing the handle on the door, you haul yourself to your feet only to be knocked down again, and again, every time you tried to stand. You give it one final attempt and brace yourself up against the wall, reaching for the door handle, you grab it and try to open the door which slides open and you leap into the corridor closing the door behind you. There are no windows and you can hear the howling of the wind and the rain hitting the train as you stand in the corridor trying to figure out what to do next. You walk by several cabins only to see them empty and you begin to wonder if you are the only person on board this runaway train which seems to be gaining speed with no intention to stop. As you come up on the next carriage you find that the door is locked and you reach into your pocket and retrieves the key that you had. I wonder? You think to yourself as you try the key in the door and it unlocks and you step into the next carriage and think to yourself. Am I the conductor of this train? If so, where are all the passengers and why was I in that carriage? You think to yourself. You try to remember what you were doing the day before and why you are on an out-of-control train right now? Your head starts to hurt and you can't remember a thing and just decides to keep looking for clues to this mystery you find yourself in and to see if you can figure a way out of this when you find yourself on the floor in one of the carriages once again as the train goes around another sharp turn without slowing. Getting to your feet once again, you make the decision that you have to reach the engine and see if you can slow this ticking time bomb down before you reach the end of the line, where ever it might be. It could come at any time so you do not know how much time you have and you pick up your pace when you reach the next door which is also locked, but you do not have the key on you, you must have lost it when you fell into the carriage as you turn around and head back to the place where you fell down. Looking around you can not find the key as panic starts to set in, calm down, you think to yourself and you slowly relax when you notice the key under the bench behind the leg and you reach in and grab it. Climbing back to your feet, you make your way to the locked door and when you open it, you are knocked back against the wall from the force of the wind knocking the air from your lungs. Sitting there you gasp for your breath as the rain pours in soaking you as you try to get to your feet. Peering out through the driving rain you see that there is a flat car between you and the next carriage. As you gather your strength you make a run for it, the wind and rain hit you like a wall but you bend forward and persevere, falling to your knees you start the crawl as the wind tries to knock you from the speeding train. You keep looking down and can't see anything around you cause the rain blinds you every time you try to look up, so you keep feeling your way ahead until you finally reached the next carriage. Fumbling with the key, trying not to drop it with your cold bloody fingers, you manage to get it in the lock and open the door and stumble into the dry carriage. Rolling over and laying on your back you struggle to catch your breath when you hear something at the other end of the carriage. Ripping some strips from your shirt, you bandage your fingers and struggle back to your feet. By now you are exhausted and cold and do not know how much longer you can carry on as you stumble your way to the front of the carriage and the sound you heard. Fumbling with the key in your bandaged fingers, you manage to get the door open and finally make it to the engine. "Hello, hello, is there anyone there? A voice could be heard through the radio and you reach for it and in a raspy voice, you answer. "Help, the train is out of control and I don't know how to stop it," you say as you fall to the floor and you hear a voice. "Stop simulation, that's it, folks." and then laughter could be heard from many different people as they left the building. What had just happened? You just sit down and put your head in your arm when you feel a hand on your shoulder. "You don't remember too much about your promotion party to Head conductor do you?" he said as he walked away.
By K.C. Keats3 years ago in Fiction
Love and lots of poison
Have you ever been trapped in one of those nightmares, you know. the one that's not going so well and you just want to wake up. There I was reading the, Mammoth book of the new chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, and fell asleep in the midst of, The adventure of the tomb on the hill. So now I dream of being The Woman. The woman in his life. But does he even see me. No. He goes off and falls for that beautiful bewitching harlot Irene Adler. How many years have I worked by his side, being his conscience, keeping him on the straight and narrow and always at his beck and call. He is so clueless, sometimes I want to throttle him myself, place my hands upon his neck and just squeeze.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
The Gate of Death
The stench of urine and faeces assailed through the young girl's subconscious, stirring her from vile nightmares that no adult of sane mind could comprehend. Where am I? A part of her wanted to open her eyes but another kept her rooted still as an unknown fear seized her muscles. She was lying down on a solid surface and her body rocked gently like a baby in a cradle. A soothing thought but one quickly dismissed as her other senses awoke.
By Daniel Millington3 years ago in Fiction
