Scared Money Never Wins

[alleyalligator]

“Thought you could hide, did you, maggot?”

Eric cringed at the sound of Philip’s voice.  He thought he’d found somewhere private, but it didn’t matter how hard he tried, Philip and his cronies always tracked him down.

“So what have you got for us today?  Better make it good.”

Eric bent over his lunchbox, trying to shield his food, but Jason, Philip’s

Comments

[i_17bingo]

I'm hoping this is "to be continued," because there's something... off... about Eric.

[alleyalligator]

The original concept was that "Scared Money" was Eric's alter ego and he'd actually kill Philip for Eric, but then I decided it might be too close to my "Closer" entry, so I tweaked it a bit for the prompt. I think in a longer piece, Eric would definitely be a bit more unhinged than I've hinted at here.

[i_17bingo]

This is similar (but not that similar) to the origin story of persistent creepypasta Jeff the Killer that it probably just gets me scared regardless.

[alleyalligator]

Creepypasta Jeff the Killer? Who he?

[i_17bingo]

I'll feel like a condescending douchebag if you don't already know what a creepypasta is, but if you don't, they're ghost and horror stories that circulate through forums and all over the Internet machine. A few of them, like Slenderman (a personal favorite of mine) and "smile.jpg" have become full-blown memes.

Jeff is a celebrity among those parts.

I am utterly addicted to creepypastas, which is part of the reason I'm such a fan of your writing.

[alleyalligator]

My ignorance does not you a condescending douchebag make! That's completely new to me, but now you have introduced me to a whole new realm of reading once I've finished working my way through the complete set of Misty comics I just picked up on DVD :D