LJ Idol Season 11: "Things In The Dark"

[halfshellvenus]

Things In The Dark
idol season 11 | week 19 | ~2600 words
I Can't Get Calmz-z-z-z-z-z-z

Comments

[d0gs]

This is brilliant! I seriously look forward to your stories each week and this is a great example of why!! <3

[halfshellvenus]

Hahaha! Thank you!

It took several days to figure out what I wanted to write, but once the idea of 'lost monsters' hit, it had to be this. :D

[adoptedwriter]

Cute! Great name: Zee Zee.

[halfshellvenus]

It eventually lined up with his little monster 'purpose' pretty well, too, didn't it?

Names with more than three syllables are a challenge for most people, but five syllables? Help! Nicknames can be such a blessing then!

[bleodswean]

This is fantastic, K!!! I enjoyed every word and the imagination in it! YOU are a story weaver!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much! I had fun writing about these two, and discovering who they were. :D

[ecosopher]

I love this one :)

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! I'm so glad you took a moment to read it, too! :D

[furzicle]

I like how this explains the prevalence of children's nightmares. I like his method for staying awake at night, particularly the poking oneself with a fork. Should be effective!

This is reminiscent of other little, not-entirely-beneficial, monsters, such as Harry Potter's Dobby.

I see you also have a jiggling leg in this, just like someone else's piece I just read.

[halfshellvenus]

:D The other jiggling leg appears to be in my husband's story, though I'd say his is more remniscent of our son's ADHD rather than the kind of restless "think-think-think" here that so many of us do. I thought of finger tapping or drumming too, which I'm more prone to, but they didn't read as well.