VISUAL PROMPT

by Sans @ deviantart.com/Sanskarans

Write a halloween horror in less than 10 sentences.

Odor of Death

I smelled it before I saw it. The cold steel doors slowly parted as the elevator announced its arrival, exhaling the sour stench of bile intertwined with the sweet aroma of a floral perfume. I tilted my head up from the comfort of the glowing screen in my hand and saw a black leather handbag sitting upright, filled to the brim with what appeared to be a thick red soup. At the same moment, my nostrils were infiltrated by the dark, heavy smell of iron. Red smears painted the floor and walls like some sort of modern abstract art exhibition. I stood, frozen, unwilling and incapable of leaning in to see what waited for me in the hidden corner. I waited for the doors to close, praying that they would and that I could descend back down the hall to my apartment, convincing myself along the way that I never saw any of it. As I began my silent prayer, the lights all around me began to dim; darker and darker until I was standing in the pitch black void which seemed to articulate the state of my soul. An eternity passed in the blackness, broken only by a single whispered command which seemed to radiate from the space directly above my right shoulder.


_“RUN.”_

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