Have you ever walked into a room and found a vampire?No, not the sexy kind, but a foul
creature with bony limbs and ashen skin? The kind that snarls as you enter, like a beast about to
pounce? The kind that roots you to the spot with its sunken, hypnotic eyes, rendering you
unable to flee as you watch the hideous thing uncoil from the shadows? Has your heart started
racing though your legs refuse to? Have you felt time slow as the creature crosses the room in
the darkness of a blink?Have you shuddered with fear when it places one clawed hand atop your
head and another under your chin so it can tilt you, exposing your neck? Have you squirmed as
its rough, dry tongue slides down your cheek, over your jaw, to your throat, in a slithering search
that's seeking your artery? Have you felt its hot breath release in a hiss against your skin when it
your pulse—the flow that leads to your brain? Has its tongue rested there, throbbing
slightly as if savoring the moment? Have you then experienced a sinking, sucking blackness as
you discover that not all vampires feed on blood—some feed on memories?Well, have you?
Maybe not. But let me rephrase the question:Have you ever walked into a room and suddenly
forgotten why you came in?
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50 Short Scary Stories
Short StoryEvery one has a story. Some are blessed enough to say they've never encountered a break-in or a ghost; but some people aren't. Are you ready to read the stories of the less fortunate? Who have experienced a dangerous situation in which could of cost...
