Almira Bagro
Hollow: A Horror Short Story
Some fears never fade.
Ines Marquez has nine days to sell her late mother's house. Then she finds the plastic sheet in the hallway, sealed with hundreds of strips of tape, each one marked in her mother's handwriting: NOT YET.
At 2 a.m., the plastic begins to breathe. A small hand presses against it from the other side, and a voice she hasn't heard in twenty-three years asks, "Ate, are we still playing?"
Hollow is a chilling, atmospheric ghost story about grief, guilt, and the games we never finish. A standalone horror short story with a twist ending and no graphic gore. Read it with the lights on.
About 2,500 words. A 10-minute read.