Horror

BEN (A TRUE STORY)

I was with two of my friends Ben and Nick on

holidays when it happened.

We were in an isolated part of Greece, somewhere

that doesn't show up on Google maps for some

reason, traveling down a long stretch of road in our

hire car in search of the next major city to party in.

After initially planning on driving through the night,

we accepted that we had lost our way and it was

getting too dark to continue so we pulled into a gas

station for directions on where we could stay. The

old man handed us an old brochure of a nearby

village and insisted we go check it out. Since we

were completely lost, we were left with no other

option. Something different we thought, but just

how different we could never have guessed, as we

took the next left turn and ventured into the

headlight lit darkness.

The only form of lodging out there was in remote

cabins, separated far apart from each other for

privacy we guessed. The self-contained cabin had a

bathroom, kitchen, queen bed and single bed; all

that we needed for one night. Nick won the rock off

for the single bed, so Ben and I would be sharing.

Nick snores anyway, so I was cool with that.

One feature of the cabin that unnerved me however,

was the large square curtainless window that

occupied the entire area of the vacant wall. It

bothered me especially now because night had

fallen and the light was on inside, so it acted as a

sort of two-way mirror. Anyone wearing black could

easily look through without being noticed...

We made plans to go out that night to the village

bar, have some drinks, tell stories and see where the

night takes us. We discussed that would leave the

key under the rock by the front porch, and if we

were to split up, whoever came home first would

leave the door open for the others to get in.

"Why don't you say it louder so everyone can hear

where we hide it," Ben joked.

To which Nick found the pleasure in yelling it at the

top of his lungs. Luckily our cabin was isolated out

here and there was no one close by, I thought to

myself as we drove off...

It was a surprisingly fun night at the bar. We had