SCREAMS!!!

Greetings. I welcome you on this fine day! Well... as fine as it can be when you feel like there's someone besides you in the room but no matter how much you listen or look (or scream!), there's no one around. Has anyone seen any fellow judges of mine? Oh well, I can wait, I have "Invalid Item"  to keep me entertained. Reading sure can keep the loneliness away!

Alas, with only one entry, there's no winner to announce.


Let's kick it up a notch with the next challenge. So why not write a story that contains something that...

You hoped it was not blood. It wasn't.

or

It was deeper than you thought.

You have up to 3000 words and time until Friday noon (WdC time) to come up with a chilling tale of horror. Good luck!