2025 Spooky Story Competition

A Figure at 8

A tartan swirl, to clans innate. Eternal symbol, the good soul’s fate. Eight… Black pillars, a hideous frame sustain 360 views, a venomous cage maintain Eight… Stir the air the silver threads bear A silent trap, pure prey unaware Eight… Minus six, two pedipalps poised One sharp lunge, a life destroyed Eight… A different twirl, a different dance Paralysing a soul in an eternal trance. Ate.

BY DOROTHY JACKSON