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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #18: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!

in #writing7 years ago

"SOPHIA'S FLUTE"

In a small village in the coastal town in south america, lived the family of a peasant farmer, who grew as an orphan. He'd toiled and eventually became wealthy. One day he grew ill to recover no more, all herbs from the amazonian forest wouldn't heal him past a few hours, so everyone gave up on him except his daughter sophia and his friend diego. Weeks before he died, his wealth suddenly vanished. Rumours had it, he'd sourced his wealth from the evil aztec spirits.

After his demise, diego became sophia's guardian. He would constantly maltreat and sexually abuse her. Worst of all, he refused her movement except on nights when the moon shone fully, for their home was near the woods and the neighbourhood was wrung with weird tales of creatures. Sophia would sit under a tree in the woods to play her flute till a day when her bloodstained clothes and flute were found.

That was when diego's problems started!

Members of his family died one after the other, bleeding through their ears. No one knew the cause, save an eyewitness who saw diego in his last moments. He was heard screaming "por favor sophia! Not the flute!"