Billy’s Special Blanket

 

    
     Billy tightened the blanket his mother made him around his head. She promised no monsters could hurt him through his special blanket.
 
     The closet door creaked open and all of the monster’s legs spilled out. It crawled across the floor and up onto the bed. A multitude of legs prodded Billy. The monster roared when it could not breach the blanket’s power. In fury, the monster flailed about, destroying Billy’s room.
 
     His parents charged down the hall and through the door. Then screamed in terror when the creature attacked.
 
     Billy was safe under the blanket, but his parents were not.

 

 Photo by Steinar Engeland on Unsplash

 

 

 

Originally published in Beneath from Ghost Orchid Press on May 5, 2021 

Included in Thin Slices: A Collection of Horror Flash Fiction coming January 12, 2025

 

 

 

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