Tales of Horror

Shed

After being hit by the global economic crisis, saimon's family migrated to another country in search of livelihood. In the new country with the help of NGOs, his family soon got a house abandoned by its previous family. Saimon was seven years old the only child of his parents. His father joined a taxi company as a driver. In their new house, there was a shed in the corner of the garden which his mother started using as a storage house. It was the rainy season and most of the time, the sky would be covered with dark clouds and sometimes rain would begin abruptly.  Saimon enjoys daydreaming and fantasising about himself as a hero against various villains, monsters etc. Sometimes he could be seen talking about some entities and his chat with them like how they tell him that this is not his place.  As usual, he was playing with a cloak tied around his neck and was running all over the house. However, he felt hungry as a result of it, and his mother provided him with food as well as some medications. He ate the food but did not take the pills and threw them away. And walks to his room, but when he looks out the window, the door to the shed suddenly opens by itself. Thinking that his mother may be present in the shed, he plans to scare her. He came inside silently on his tip-toes but his mother was not there. The shed was full of so many toys and saimon fascinatingly looks at each and every toy. And when he was busy doing so, unaware of some presence which was constantly staring at him from the trunk and as it was just about to open the trunk. At that same moment, his name is called out by a voice. When he turned around, he saw his mother standing outside the shed. The trunk lid closed with a loud thud. And his mother rushes him to the house since it was time for his father to return home. After a long time, the sun appeared in the sky, and Saimon was playing with a yellow ball in his yard.  But it was not fun being the sole player in the game. Suddenly his kick landed the ball near the door of the shed which was slightly open. He takes a step forward but the ball on its own comes back to him. He kicks the ball a second time towards the shed and following the same pattern...the ball..... comes back again. It fueled his excitement, and he began kicking the ball in the direction of the shed again and again. And he continued to play in this manner for quite some time. Later at night when the three of them were eating, Simon told them about his football buddy who lives in their shed. When his father hears this, he scolds his mother for not giving him his medications on time.

She puts him down on the bed and caresses him on his head. Saimon asks him why his father got angry at her. She tells, "because you talked about that which is not in reality and that is just your imagination." Saimon, "but, mother !! I really saw a boy and you know how he looks!!" Taking out his med from the bottle she asks him how ?? He stood up and covered his face with a thin cloth. His mother laughs and asks him, "what is this? I can't see your face !!" Saimon screams, "exactly !! I also can't see his face because he is faceless.... His mother, "that's enough for today !! that is why you should not skip your medicines, now take it and go to sleep..she gives him a stronger dose of his medication and sings him a lullaby. He falls asleep in a matter of seconds. At noon, his mother went out to the market to get some household items and also ordered him to tidy the garden. Before going out, his mother checks the lock of shed a one last time. Saimon instead of working started playing in the garden. But a knock on the window of shed again and again trying to gain his attention towards him. At last he stopped his play in the middle. He had just entered the shed and the rain began to pour with its drop hitting the metal sheet hardly. Saimon saw that faceless boy again standing near that trunk. Their conversation was hard to hear in the loud noise coming out from outside.

Saimon, "why you are calling me again and again??" 

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Saimon, "No !! I don't want to play with you anymore because you are not real"

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Saimon, " My mom !! she told me that I'm sick !! and you are just an imagination in my head"

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Saimon, " prove ?? How can you prove that ??"

And so that creepy faceless entity extends his pale hand towards him. The sky got more dark and gloomy. Ravens were hovering over the shed, trying to make the sign of a satanic ritual or celebrating the opening of another's world door. Saimon's mother just came back and she notices that his son is nowhere to found in the house. and so she ran to the shed in the rain. when she opens the door. She finds his decayed corpse with dried lips, pale body and also covered in foul smell. The medicine effect has worn out. At last, the dark had taken his soul to another world where a dead one should be. 

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