Creepy Short Stories

The Storage Room

When my father retired from his job, he had a lot of time on his hands. He began looking around for something to occupy himself.

"That space at the end of the hallway is such a waste," he said. "We could turn it into a storage room."

My father was like a man possessed and he spent 2 days on his new project.

He hung 2 shelves on the wall and fitted a door, creating a small cupboard at the end of the hallway.

When I came home the next day, he was nowhere to be seen. I noticed that there was a shiny new padlock on the door of the storage room.

The following evening, my father still hadn't returned. My mother was very anxious and begged me to look inside the storage room.

Both of us were wondering what he was keeping in there.

I broke the padlock and opened the door.

Inside, we found my father sitting on the floor. His eyes were vacant and he was laughing to himself.

What was he doing? How did he lock the door from the inside?

We never got the answer to our questions because my father had gone insane.

Today, he is still sitting alone in his storage room; staring into space and smiling happily to himself.
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I put underlined letters on "The Storage Room" in the 2nd paragraph because it said the name of the story.

Kind of like that one Family Guy episode where (I forgot his name don't kill me) he would just laugh every time someone said the name of a TV show.

You might not have liked it but at least I finally updated. I stopped being lazy (and procrastinating). Good thing.