Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

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He was missed at w or k, and in the pub. But it wasn?t until the next mor ning that a
mate dr ove ar ound and found his body lying on the gr avel at the side of the house.
They never found the cause of his death. The only thing his mates kept coming
back to, in the w eek of the funer al, was the smoothness of his face, as though the
skin in death had been str etched out like canvas, or like notepaper. They said they
w ouldn?t have know n him if it wasn?t for his eyes.
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So that?s your stor y. All done.
The sun?s gone, but you can still see the sky glow ing. And if you know stor ies,
you?ll be expecting another tur n. Another moment w her e the tale?s r ew r itten, and
you unlear n ever ything you thought you knew.
But no. Ther e isn?t one. This tale w ill stay the way it?s told. Just look out ther e, and
watch the glow ing water. And don?t pay any mind to the r ustling of my voice; if you
tur n- w hen you tur n- to look at me, don?t you mind the smoothness of my face.
And don?t you mind the w ind r ising, or the faces that it car r ies to the shor e.
About the author
David Pattie is a Scot, currently living in North Wales. ?The Wind on the Water?is
his first piece of publicly available fiction.
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