Angels in Black and White (Horror Short Stories) by Saunders Craig

Author:Saunders, Craig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Fable Books
Published: 2012-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

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She was woken by a rustling from beside the bed.

Her first impulse was to cry out for her dad, but then she remembered what she was doing. She sat up quickly and saw that something was roving about under the sheet, and that her duster had fallen down like she hoped. She jumped out of the bed, all fear forgotten in the excitement of the moment and grabbed up the sheet in her arms so the bogie man couldn’t get away.

“Ha ha!” she said, but quietly. “I’ve got you!”

Something muffled, perhaps words, came from within the blanket.

“You’ve got to do what I tell you now! Be quiet!”

The shifting sheet stilled. She could feel a small lump within. She didn’t think to be afraid of whatever was in the sheet. She trusted her dad. It was the bogie man, and it wasn’t dangerous. It just wanted bogies.

“Erm?” she hesitantly enquired.

“What?” said a voice that seemed somehow grumpy and resigned at the same time.

She jumped with surprise and dropped the package.

A muffled ‘oomph’ came from below the sheet.

“Bugger!” it said.

“You mustn’t say that!” Sarah told it in a mortified voice.

“Get this bloody sheet off me then.”

“Ooh, you’re irritable. Have you got a hangover?”

“No I bloody haven’t, but I’ve got a headache now.”

“Sorry,” she said, and pulled the sheet off.

She revealed a small scaly creature with big dopey eyes and a rising bump on what was already a bumpy head. The creature was rubbing its green head and scowling at her.

“Sorry I dropped you,” she said politely.

“Well, now you’ve caught me, what the bloody hell do you want?”

“What do you mean, what do I want?”

“I presume you want a wish granted, untold riches, straight teeth, big boobs? That kind of thing?”

“Eeuw! What would I want big boobs for?” she said. Then she pursed her lips in serious thought. Sarah hadn’t thought much beyond the actual catching things stage.

“Um, I don’t know. Don’t I have to guess your name or something? I mean if you’re going to grant me a wish, it seems only fair?”

“Right then, a smart one, I see.” The bogie man sat cross legged at her feet, staring at her.

“I tell you what. You seem like a nice girl. I’ll write my name down and you see if you can pronounce it. If you get it right, I’ll give you a wish. Anything you want.”

“I know how this goes,” said Sarah carefully. “Daddy says when a genie gives you a wish they always twist things to teach you a lesson.”

“Smart man, your Daddy. But I’m not a genie, see? I’m a bogie man. I’m feeling full, too, so I wouldn’t trick you.”

“You couldn’t, anyway. My Daddy says there’s no flies on me.”

The little demon laughed. Sarah frowned. She didn’t think she’d said anything funny.

“Right, got a bit of paper?”

She scrambled over to her desk and drew off a post-it note, then picked up a pen.

“There you go, Mr Bogie Man.”

The bogie man just shook his head. Then he began writing. He carried on writing for some time.

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