Tuesday 6 November 2012

Halloween Writing Competition Winner - Salvatore Giuffrida

He was the last person alive, and then he heard a knock at the door.


11:55pm
Who... is... out there...?!

He repeated for the last time, crying, pushing the face on
the peephole of the main door of that scaring castle,
seeing nothing but the darkness.

I wiped out everyone
upon and underground
in the past and in the future
I'm the Lord of space and time
I am... like God!

At that moment he realised who, since when he had done
that misdeed, was knocking on his door...

by feeling the blood pouring from his knuckles,
by glancing to...

12:00pm
... the mirror on his left.

Halloween Writing Competition Winner - Fabio Cusimano

He was the last person alive, and then he heard a knock at the door.  It was a dark night and the monk Altarius was alone in the library, close to the abbey.  The library was a large room, and it was lit only by the dim light of a small candle.


Altarius was reading a secret and anceint book, that nobody knew of its existence: only he could read it...  Altarius turned the pages of this book in a solemn way, not in a hurry:  he already kew everything!  Page after page Altarius understood that the book just waiting for him:  he resigned himself and knew that everything would be done that night...

A strong strom hit the walls of the library, the candle went out suddenly...  Alrarius came to the last pages of the book:  they were not written...  However, he continues to read, until - mysteriously -  a phrase appeared...  it was his name, written in blood; beside, it was a specific date: tonight!  Altarius already knew everything!  Altarius then got up immediately, and as he ran toward the door, he heard a knock at the door, then a scream in the silence...