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Pastimes : Muffy's Story: A Short Story Game for Would Be Authors

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To: mph who wrote (735)5/5/2004 9:49:07 PM
From: TEDennis  Read Replies (1) of 766
 
... yes, that other thing ...

Nobody talked about it much. Whenever it did come up during the course of casual conversation, an awkward silence prevailed thereafter until somebody cracked a stupid joke to change the subject.

Everybody knew about it, but nobody voiced their thoughts. It was off-limits to discuss it. No doubt about it. And, everybody who had spent at least one night in the orphanage knew why.

It was scary. It was sinister. It was evil.

Muffy remembered one dark, moonless night in particular. She was about 8 at the time. She and her friend Matilda were playing "Go Fish" by candlelight when ...
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