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C.J. Rule

Short Stories
- The Journal

The Journal
         by C.J. Rule
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The old lady put her face so close to mine that when she spoke I could smell what to me smelled like burning matches and perfume. We stayed like that for about five minutes then my ankles were released and it was then that I realized that it was the large shadow figure that was restraining me. The old lady floated above my bed almost to the ceiling then swiftly forward and into the wall simultaneously with the shadow figure... I haven't been to sleep since.

 

Day 5

Nothing happened last night at least not that I know of I took two sleeping pills and was out all night till this morning. However when I woke I found that beside me in my bed there was green powder sprinkled all over the bed. I took a sample of the powder to a friend of mine today. My friend works in a lab that could find out what the powder is made of. I will find out tomorrow what it is if he can find out himself.

Day 6

Got a call from my friend at the lab and he said that the powder was like nothing he had ever seen. The powder actually was human tissue but like dust and seems that this kind of powder is usually found in coffins after exhumation, but why it was green he didn't know. Also last night I think I was smacked in the face. I don't remember feeling any pain ,but woke up with a big red welt on the right side of my face and now my apartment smells like that old lady with half a body.......am I going crazy? Maybe I should check myself in to the psyche ward? Oh cant forget I found more of that green stuff in every room of my apartment im getting really worried and finally called the rest of my friends and told them what has been happening. They all think I am too stressed out and the majority thinks that drowning myself in the hardest alcohol is the fastest cure.

Day 7

All my friends came over today with lots and lots of beer and other fine adult beverages.

Well......after last night I don't think that any of my friends will be visiting me anymore.

Most of them stayed for the night after drinking too much and I insisted that they not drive home until they took a nap or ate some food and stopped drinking for awhile, but they ended up passing out where they pleased then I went to bed. I got up out of bed at 3:30am and walked out to my living room to check on my guests and I got such a shock when stepped out and turned on the light ....all of my friends were still asleep, but they were at least 8 feet off of the floor. When I attempted to touch my friends arm they all woke up instantly then with what looked like pure black eyes they turned their heads to my direction then the loudest scream bellowed out of all of them at the same time. Of course I jumped and it was loud, but then my friends woke up...still floating in the air they all looked shocked and surprised, then they looked at me and all I saw was utter fear in their now normal eyes and wham! All of them fell to the floor in a synchronized thud and whatever had a hold on them just let go without any warning . The outcome was two broken wrists a sprained ankle and other bumps and bruises from the fall they took.

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