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First Grade Bedtime - a 50 word story

Lights are out. A coat-draped chair turns into the mummy watching my bed. Malfunctioning WiFi turns the nanny cam’s playful green light into the red-eyed demon watching me, too. The wee, perilous hours of the night require defensive weapons of choice: a blanket pulled overhead and Duracell flashlight.

Published in Fifty Word Stories -2018:

http://fiftywordstories.com/2018/04/10/darnell-cureton-first-grade-bedtime/