The Gibsons and District Public Library recently held the 2017 Super-Short, Super-Scary Story Writing Contest, and created an extra challenge this year by accepting only stories that were exactly six words long.
The library is thrilled to have received over 125 submissions. Judges had lots of fun (and chills) reading them.
The library extends its thanks to everyone who entered the contest, as well as to the judges who helped choose the winners, and to Coast Reporter for publishing them.
Here are the winners:
7-9 age category
• “My hobby is murder” he smirked. By Zora-Piper Neder
• I see you through the closet. By Jenny Matthes
• A nightmare? No. That shadow’s breathing! By Annabelle Stremlaw
• Home alone; someone in my room. By Fergus Scott
• Its cold hand gripped my neck. By Nathanael Foreman
• “I heard screaming from the coffin.” By Nova Hodgins
10-13 age category
• Death is my name. Say it. By Ocean White
• Never allowed to play video-games again! By Austin Urquhart
• Dirt has almost filled my lungs. By Lyric Moysey-Rubin
• Dead eyes. Loud thump. Red Saturation. By Cleo Jones
• Trapped. Suffering. Please end their heartbeats. By Jack Marshall
• “This is our secret,” whispered Lucifer. By Ben Walker
14-17 age category
• I heard gunshots in my room. By Joshua Dykstra
• He didn’t come home last night… By Sarah Tompkins
18+ age category
• Nickelback was playing at the dance. By Lydia McLeod
• The eerie emptiness swallowed her whole. By Leanna Eaton
• “Stop making that noise!” “I’m not…” By Alison Carroll
• $630,000 variable rate, 40-year amortization. By Steve MacDonald
– Danielle Arsenault, Young People’s Librarian
