2025 Spooky Story Competition

It was pitch black. The trees completely blended into the darkness. It felt like being blind. Bella was losing energy, her breaths came in ragged gasps. Why were the rocks so detailed and curved? Was it another illusion?... Something moved in the shadows in circles marking her as the centre. Terrified, she broke into a run but she was not moving. Then it stopped and she saw his face. Bathed fully in moonlight. His skin was clinging to the bones on his face, his eyes blood red, his hair slick with some kind of everlasting gel. He seemed unnaturally perfect. “Please”, pleaded Bella, “Please, don’t kill me, please”. He smiled, those long fangs gleaming like diamonds. Then without a word, he lunged at her, sinking his teeth deep into her neck. Excruciating pain pounded in her veins, she felt like her flesh was dissolving into acid, leaving her skin bone-cold. The blood was completely drained from her body, and she was left there twitching. Arms and legs gone, leaving stumps of bone and blood. Blood, she was covered in blood. Her eyes had been gouged out leaving bloody sockets instead. Out of her mouth came black froth, bubbling like a potion. He had left holes in her face and body. This was a normal night for the count. Every time, he had tortured them first, playing with his food. It made the humans tastier, he thought, gave them flavour. With a satisfied cackle, he flew away, leaving the scene, the ugly corpse of Bella, the other rotten human corpses that she thought were rocks. His little dining ground. King of all monsters and the sky – Count Dracula.

BY MICHELLE AGYAPONG