Nightmare Soup Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach

Frozen

Beth looked up in the rearview mirror. "You know, if you

keep making faces like that, it'll get stuck that way."

Austin continued to contort his mouth and eyes as other drivers

passed by. "Mom, I know that's not true."

"Well, you're going to scare somebody and cause a wreck."

Austin finally sat back in the seat.

But a few minutes later, an old woman was driving next to them

and Austin couldn't help himself.

He smooshed his nose against the window, opened his eyes as

wide as possible, and pulled his lips back so his teeth looked extra

big.

The old lady looked over. The sight of his face caused her to

swerve right into the car. The impact tossed him back into his seat.

Austin's mom tried her best to keep the car straight, but it glided

into the next lane. Austin peered out the window just in time to see

a pickup truck careening toward him. The last thing he

remembered was the sound of twisting metal, shattered glass, and

screeching tires...

Austin woke up to nothing but black. He had bandages on his

eyes, and could hear nurses and doctors working in the

background.

"Austin, can you hear me?"

"Mom?"

"You're in the hospital, honey. You've been out for a couple

days."

Austin tried to remove the bandages from his eyes, but his

Mom stopped him.

"You need to keep those on. The doctor will remove them."

"Are you okay, Mom?"

"Yes, I'm fine, just fractured my hand."

The doctor walked in and put a hand on Austin's shoulder.

"Hey, Austin, I'm Dr. Carter. You had quite the accident." Dr.

Carter pulled a stool next to Austin's bed and sat down. "We had

to put you in a coma for a few days and let the swelling go down in

your brain. But it looks like you're doing just fine now."

The doctor started removing the bandages from Austin's head.

"I have to prepare you, son, you arrived in pretty bad shape.

There's going to be some — changes — that you're probably not

going to like."

Austin started shifting nervously in the bed. "Changes? What

do you mean?"

The doctor slowly unraveled the bandages from Austin's eyes.

"We're going to do everything we can to make you look normal

again."

As the bandages fell to the floor, he looked at Dr. Carter, and

then to the mirror next to the bed. His nose was smashed to the

side, his eyes bulged from his head, and his lips were peeled back,

causing a permanent, ghastly smile.

It was the exact same expression he was making before the

wreck, and now his face was frozen that way.