Daniel Jurado

Horror Story

            The five boys were trapped in the house. There was a killer somewhere, but they didn’t know where. You probably know how this story goes. Favor is biased to the serial killer. None of the kids are auspicious and die in horrible ways. No characters have any sense besides the serial killer. It is the same basic story every time. But I am going to tell you this story.

            The four boys’ (I said five before but one already died) names are Jonathon, Steven, Bob, and Jack. They were in a state of total anarchy. Everyone was fighting. Jonathon was pompous and thought he knew everything. Steven was pliant and always sided with Jon. Bob was intrepid and wasn’t afraid of anything. And Jack had common sense.

            “Maybe we should leave the house,” said Jack.

            “No fool, he will probably throw is off a precipice into an abyss,” said Jonathon.

            “What cliffs? We live in Iowa!” said Jack.

            “We should kill the murderer,” said Bob.

            “He already got Ben!” said Jack. (Ben is obviously the fifth member who already died.)

            “We abscond into a closet,” said Jon. “The more easily accessible the better.”

            “I agree,” said Steve.

            “Well you guys can, you are obviously fated to die in some horrific manner,” said Jack.

            “Maybe I’ll yell for the serial killer to come here and we will all attack him,” said Bob.

            “He has a shotgun!” said Jack.