A Peculiar Collection by Lisa C Hinsley

Author:Lisa C Hinsley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, cancer, anthology, short stories, revenge, curse, dark fiction, homeless

In the closet

“Mandy, please let me out,” Kenny asked, and thumped his feet on the wall again.

“Shut up, would you,” she said, and banged on the door.

He heard her pacing back and forth, with that tut-tutting noise she always made when she was thinking.

“I’ll be good, I’ll do anything you ask, just let me out.”

There was no reply for a while, just the soft sounds of her feet on the carpet and that infernal tutting sound.

“I can’t let you out,” she finally said.

“I’ve changed my mind, Mandy, I’m not going to leave you.” Kenny rolled over in the cupboard, and shuffled to the side. There was a slight gap where the door met the wall letting in a thin beam of light in. Kenny put his eye up against this and tried to see out.

“I’m not going to go. I’ll tell Kath it’s over and how I still love you.”

Mandy sniffed as she paced past the Kenny’s sliver of view. She had her hands in her hair, pressed against her scalp, as if her head really hurt.

“I don’t believe you.” She’d stopped on the other side of the room. Tut-tut-tut.

“What’re you going to do, keep me in here forever?”

Mandy resumed pacing. He saw her for an instant, her face turned towards his. She wore a frown, and tears in her eyes.

“I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do anymore.”

“Simple. Unlock the door, untie my hands and feet, and we’ll have a cuddle and forget about the whole thing.”

“We can’t do that!” She sounded so shocked, as if this hadn’t occurred to her before.

“No,” Kenny said. “I don’t see it that way – more of a misunderstanding. Let me out, and we’ll sort it all out together.

“No,” she said in a wailing voice, as she flashed past his view of the room.

“Mandy!” Kenny shouted. “Let me out of here!” He rolled back onto his back, and raised his legs, and kicked at the wall as hard as he could. The soles of his shoes made a satisfying thump, so he pulled back and slammed his feet down again.

“What’re you doing?”

He heard her run to the door, could almost sense her leaning up against the wood. The door handle moved a little, her hand must be on the other side. Kenny kicked at the wall again.

“Stop that!” She pounded on the door. “Stop that right now!”

“Not until you let me out.”

Mandy walked away from the door, and from the periodic flickering of the light, he reckoned she must have started pacing again.

“Think… think… think…,” she muttered. Tut-tut-tut.

He barely heard her above his beating on the wall. The doorbell rang out, its sound sharp against his banging. He stopped for a moment, his eyes widening in the dark. Then he thumped his feet on the wall again.

“Hello, Mr. Thompson,” she said. “Would you like to come in?”

“Hi, Katrina,” the voice of a man said. “I think I’ll pass… you know, with him in the cupboard.”

Kenny stopped, and listened.

“You okay?” Mr.

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