52 Card Horror

  Hi, I'm D.L. Dare. Recently, I came up with a writing challenge for myself. With 52 weeks in a year, there are 52 cards in a deck, aside from Jokers. I made a list where whatever card I draw, there's a random prompt for it. And I have a week to put a story together. The prompt list can be found in my pinned posts. This week, I randomly drew a 7 for Fake/All A Dream, and a Spade for Monster! I present to you, the bone-chilling tale of 'Amongst Friends!' I got out of my car, the dead leaves of fall crunching beneath my feet. The forest surrounding me looked beautiful. It's no wonder my friend, Rebecca, had decided to rent a cabin out here for the weekend. And looking in the distance, I could just make out the cabin. I could see smoke rising from the chimney. It looks like she's already there, I thought. I walked down the narrow clearing and found myself at the cabin's front door rather quickly. It was small, and the dark wood it was built from was a nice...

Hi, I'm D.L. Dare. Recently, I came up with a writing challenge for myself. With 52 weeks in a year, there are 52 cards in a deck, aside from Jokers. I made a list where whatever card I draw, there's a random prompt for it. And I have a week to put a story together. The prompt list can be found in my pinned posts. This week, I randomly drew a 3 for Job Related, and a Heart for Science Fantasy! I present to you, the bone-chilling tale of 'The Last Five Minutes!'           Walking down the chip aisle at the gas station wasn't usually dreadful. Not if everyone is cleaning up after themselves. I sighed as I had to pick up yet another busted bag of potato chips. I tossed it into the nearest garbage can and carried on sweeping the rest of the aisle. I dumped the dustpan and returned to the counter as I heard the door chime. Another customer. Standing behind the register, my eyes followed the man who had just walked in. He seemed to just be grabbing a drink. W...