Elementary, Elias.

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Parts 3
Time 19m

Reads 341
Votes 30
Parts 3
Time 19m

Twenty-five years ago, Elias Zwarteveen unwillingly turned into a bogeyman. Desperate for a way to reverse the transformation, he'd like to meet another one of his kind. 
    
    His girlfriend's seven-year-old has it on good authority that the janitor's closet in his school harbors another bogeyman and proposes to investigate. 
    
    "Not before I can discuss with your mom," Elias warns him, but do kids ever listen? Well, this one doesn't. 
    
    Bogs, boggit, holy bogs! 
    
    
    
    'Elementary, Elias!' is A '7 Nights with the Bogeyman' spin-off but can be read as a standalone short story.
    
    This story was written for the @macabremortum 2024 contest. Prompt 21: Who knew the gates of hell would be inside an elementary school?All Rights Reserved

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Twenty-five years ago, Elias Zwarteveen unwillingly turned into a bogeyman. Desperate for a way to reverse the transformation, he'd like to meet another one of his kind. 
    
    His girlfriend's seven-year-old has it on good authority that the janitor's closet in his school harbors another bogeyman and proposes to investigate. 
    
    "Not before I can discuss with your mom," Elias warns him, but do kids ever listen? Well, this one doesn't. 
    
    Bogs, boggit, holy bogs! 
    
    
    
    'Elementary, Elias!' is A '7 Nights with the Bogeyman' spin-off but can be read as a standalone short story.
    
    This story was written for the @macabremortum 2024 contest. Prompt 21: Who knew the gates of hell would be inside an elementary school?

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