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Late one All Hallows Eve, she woke to a lightning flash ... A dread filled her as she realized the power was out. Alone that night in her boyfriend's cabin by the lake, She scratched through the inky blackness to find her cell phone. Tunneling her fingers through the dark swirl of bed sheets, She touched it on, and saw there was little cell life left. Quickly, she punched in her boyfriend's number and dialed ... No answer, so she hit "redial" and repeated ... Still no answer, as her mind began to fill with fright. Deciding a selfie might get a quicker response, She turned on the flash and gave her phone a sexy smile ... They never found her body, but he received the pic ... Bright smile, terror eyes ... two large, dark hands around her throat. ** SECOND PLACE in the "Halloween Scare" Poetry Contest, (13 lines, 13 syllables each), Russell Sivey, Sponsor. **

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/10/2017 1:40:00 AM

by the way, if I took a selfie of myself at night, I would die just from scaring myself to death! I HATE selfies

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/10/2017 2:12:00 AM

LOL - me, too ... I despise them! Somebody did that "Selfie Challenge" with me on FB, and I was like "Not in THIS lifetime, pal ... maybe another!". ;-)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/10/2017 1:39:00 AM

OH MY, this was terrifyingly AWESOME. Congrats, it was truly one of the better ones in the contest!!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/10/2017 2:11:00 AM

Oh, thank you so much, Andrea - I haven't written much that was "scary" before this, (and one I just wrote - Not Another Nightmare) - so I'm trying to soak up some of the better aspects of "fright write" from you good folks at the Soup ... wasn't sure how I'd fare in this one, so I greatly appreciate your kind comments! Blessings, Friend! :-)

Subimal Sinha-Roy

Date: 11/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

Congratulations, Greg on your win with a really scary poem.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/10/2017 12:46:00 AM

Thank you so much, Subimal - I greatly appreciate that! :-)

James Inman

Date: 11/9/2017 10:47:00 PM

Gregory, I love this! You've turned a nice ghost story into a scary psycho moment, well done.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/10/2017 12:50:00 AM

Thank you very kindly, James, I'm glad you enjoyed it ... or thought it was scary, (perhaps "like" isn't always the best term for such poems, lol). Blessings, my friend! :-)

Jan Allison

Date: 11/9/2017 6:44:00 PM

gee this is creepy Greg congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/10/2017 12:51:00 AM

Aw - thank you so much, Jan - much appreciated! :-) <3

Carole Duet

Date: 9/23/2017 9:32:00 PM

Now that's scary! And, a perfect ending. Just great. Bravo! GL in the contest. I think it's a winner.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 9/24/2017 2:26:00 AM

Thank you so very kindly, my friend, I'm truly pleased you enjoyed this, and I appreciate the kindness! I wasn't sure how this would come across - scary or not - so I thank you for the feedback! Sometimes the emotion we INTEND to create doesn't always come across correctly. Blessings! :-) <3