Hello Dolly
I’m not exactly pediophobic, but porcelain dolls… they just creep me out. Mom, unfortunately, loves them – the more grotesque, the better. So, here we are, traipsing around second-hand stores in search of her next prize find.
I completely miss Mom’s question, until a cracked, soot-blackened face, surrounded by scraggly hair, is thrust in front of mine. Startled, I stumble back.
“Isn’t she perfect?” says Mom.
“Mom, no. It’s… well, something feels wrong.”
I swear the thing smiles. At this point, every light in the store goes out.
“Hello, Katy.” A creaky whisper in the dark. “I’ve been waiting for you.”
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleNow that is seriously scary Carrie! Great story.
Glad it was scary Linda. I’m hoping that the picture alone scares the bejesus out of people. I had to do a bit of editing on the Pexels photograph to make it look a bit more scary and gruesome, rather than just broken! Thanks for commenting.
This story is so creepy, Carrie. Wow. Great.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you Lotchie, thanks for reading ?
You’re welcome, Carrie.
Your picture is terrifying, Carrie, so congratulations on a great success! The story is also frightening. The two of them together – well, it doesn’t bear thinking of. I’ll never look at a porcelain doll the same way again. ?
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you for your kind comments Julie. I actually bought Em a couple when she was little, but they were new ones and were very pretty and cute, nothing like the Victorian era ones, which are terrifying, even when they’re still in one piece!
I totally agree with all the other comments – very well written and very scary story, and the picture is perfect. Well done!
Thank you Sandra, I like writing a bit of horror every now and again, just not too horrific. Glad you like the picture too!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI just came back from a trip to Cartagena, an old cultural and today very touristic city by Colombia’s Atlantic coast. Beside the terrible inquisition museum and a couple of other museums, we discovered that there also is a doll museum and went to see it. Your mother would love it! Like you, I am not pediophobic (how funny, I just saw that word for the first time just a few days… Read more »
Hi Christer and thanks for commenting. Hope you enjoyed your holiday. Every time I see or hear the name Cartagena, it reminds me of the movie ‘Romancing the Stone’, one of the first movies I saw with my hubby, before he was my hubby! It’s a strange coincidence that you came across the word pediophobic for the first time not long before reading this. I’ve never been very fond of the old… Read more »
I love this story. Although a frightening one, it can pass for a short thriller. Writing horror stories is something I’m not good at but would love to do. Well done.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you Thompson. I like horror stories, up to a point – sometimes they are just filled with such repulsive imagery that they put me off reading them. Glad you enjoyed it anyway.
I love how this was written! Well done, Carrie!
Thank you, Katie. I did extend that story for my flash fiction anthology because I felt there was a little bit more to tell. I’m with the Katy in my story; I wouldn’t want a load of old, creepy porcelain dolls in my house either!
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