The South Will Rise Again
Gerald and Bernard were immersed in their digging. Six feet is a long way to go when the soil has settled for over a hundred years. Storm clouds began to blow in unnoticed. Soon after, the rain fell furiously without warning.
The increasingly saturated ground softened allowing them to dig faster. Finally one struck something solid. They painstakingly pried open the coffin lid to find an exceedingly deteriorated corpse.
Suddenly it grabbed their fleshless forearms and pulled itself out and it stood face to face with the two undead men. “It’s about time!”
Yes, indeed the South will rise again.
I’m really enjoying your stories! Nice and short and powerful!
Comment by Bob Eccles — March 13, 2009 @ 8:48 am
Another funny story. Good job.
Comment by joshua scribner — March 14, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Thanks you guys. I try to pack a lot of weight into 100 words. Sometimes I succeed and I offer them up for MicroHorror. This was the first site that published me, so I feel a sense of loyalty here. Plus there seems to be a closer knit community here than most other rival sites. I really enjoy writing these little ditties and as long as I do, MicroHorror will always be my first choice to publish them.
Comment by BrianBarnett — March 20, 2009 @ 9:46 am