That is all for today. Check out "Charlie's Sons" in Freaky and Fantastical 500 Words or Less now and be on the look out for the next installment here as we continue the 99 day journey!
We are now in the 23rd day of the freaky and fantastic journey and this time the spotlight is on the story "Charlie's Sons". This is another story told completely through dialogue from the point of view of the town gossip about a small town invaded by strange, otherworldly beings. I'm not a fan of alien probe stories (not that this is one), but for this story I wanted to channel the character of the people commonly seen in the media who share such bizarre tales of their close encounters of the third kind. These stories have the same kind of appeal as urban legends to me, especially among those fans of conspiracy theories. There is always the lingering question among us about if there is life beyond the stars, has it already approached us, and what would happen if it did. This story is a horror story version of that, which is what we would see in movies and often hear about (people who claim to have had encounters usually use the term "abducted" which is not a word associated with benevolent creatures), but the tone of the story is only lightened by the narrator. Often, even when horrifying news is delivered to us, it really comes down to the credibility of the person presenting it.
That is all for today. Check out "Charlie's Sons" in Freaky and Fantastical 500 Words or Less now and be on the look out for the next installment here as we continue the 99 day journey!
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