(5) Warning

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(A horror story in 50 words.)

At sunset, the elders tied the offender to a tree at the edge of the dark woods.

The night filled with screams, ripping sounds, and the shrieks of the unseen in the forest.

The next morning, the pile of bones and stench of blood warned us to stay in line.

(Hi, everyone. I committed to doing The Writing Cooperative’s 52-Week Writing Challenge, and my choice is a 50-word horror story every week. This is going to be … challenging, even if I give myself a little leeway on the exact word count. If you enjoyed this, I’ve written longer stuff too.)