Spirits Of The Night
Beginning of paper
There was a time in the town when you could walk out alone at night
and not have to fear anything. You could leave your doors unlocked and your
car in the driveway without worry. You could drop the kids off at the
cinema downtown and not think a thing of it. Or stroll through the park on
a Saturday ....
Middle of paper
.... meals of penance. And listening,
always listening.
The wind would brush through the streets blowing the gutters clean of
leaves and debris. The wind would bring with it the cool air, the small
voice, the lost souls of the past. And they would pass down from street to
street, grasping for any living entity that dared to be out after dark.
After their time in the light of day that was no longer theirs. Parents
would bar and shutter the windows against the curious faces of their
childre ....
------------------
Word count: 1400
Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
