Nightmare Challenge

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This is my entry for the Cosmopoetica Club, Nightmare Challenge (#ccn). Thank you for taking the time to read this in advance!

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I stand in my shower, the steaming hot water running down my back, then making its way down the drain. I should have kept the bathroom door open, but it’s too late to fix it now. At this point I’ve been standing in the shower, doing absolutely nothing, for almost a half hour. Just as I’m about to get lost in my thoughts once again, I hear my bathroom door slowly creak open. My heart speeds up, where it feels like it’s going a mile per minute, and I slowly pull the shower curtain back to see what has entered my bathroom. All I see is my steamed filled mirror and my door securely shut. I chalk it up to me hearing noises and continue my shower.

Just as my heart starts to slow down again I see a shadow standing outside of my curtain, right next to my toilet. I try not to make a noise but the mystery shadow person suddenly puts their hands to their sides, that were clasped behind their back, and I see a sharp object in their hand. It’s a knife. Their other hand starts to go up to pull my curtain back and just as I start to scream I feel a piercing pain. Before I have time to figure out what has just occurred the world goes black, and that’s all I . I thought my doors were locked. I thought I was safe. I wasn’t safe, they found their way in and now I’m gone. Engulfed in darkness.

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