Scary Short Story - With Prompt
The below short story was written using a writing prompt. The first sentence is the prompt I was given. I had seven minutes to create a story from it. Let me know what you think. Hope you like it!
After five years he just happened to be walking down her street? Cold sweat dripped down her spine as she gripped the windowsill.
“Maybe it’s a coincidence” she prayed. “Maybe he doesn’t know I am here.” The man methodically moved down the street, eyes forward. Number 37...35...33...
Amanda willed him to walk past number 29, pleaded so hard she almost shouted it aloud. At the end of her driveway, he stopped. Slowly he turned. steely eyes searching the front of the house. For a brief moment their eyes met. Amanda dropped to the ground, heart pounding, dread clutching her stomach. She had seen the cold, triumphant smile on his face.
“How did he find me?!” Amanda clutched her chest, tears welling in her eyes. Carefully, she peaked out the window. He was gone. Amanda scanned the front yard feverishly.
There was a knock on the front door.