Short Horror Stories

Short Story #12

Madeleine's mum was a frantic fashion designer. There was pieces of patterned cloth scattered around the house nearly all the time.
Every month, her mum used to order new mannequins. On the day Madeleine went missing, September 13 2009, she was bringing in the mannequins from the van. And this is what happened:

Madeleine's P.O.V:

Ugh. Doesn't mum ever get tired of cutting and sewing and cutting some more? Whoops! There's mum calling me to collect them from the van. The mannequins, I mean.
*10 minutes later*
Done! This batch was heavier than I remember. And it took me longer than usual. The mannequins probably had an extra layer of that bubbly wrap or something. I th-

*pop*

Hang on...what wa-

*POP POP*

What the h-

*POP POP POP POP POP*

*scream*

*silence*