October 24, 2022, prompt: Write a story about bones in 99 words (no more, no less). It can be any genre or tone. Is it spooky, irreverent, or poignant? Go where the prompt leads!
The Ghosts Bones – by Hugh W. Roberts
Death ruled in Aunt Marjorie’s apartment.
When I returned, she wasn’t there; only her bones remained.
The floorboards still creaked, and Mrs Sinclair was still next door.
“When is your Aunt Marjorie due back?” she’d asked.
Shrugging my shoulders, I wish Mrs Sinclair had minded her own business, but I had invited her in.
The whiteness of the human bones wasn’t as bright as the white light that appeared when Aunt Marjorie killed me in her apartment or when I killed Mrs Sinclair for murdering my aunt.
Now we roam the earth as murderous ghosts. Yes, ghosts are murderers.
Written for the 99-word flash fiction challenge hosted by Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch.
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