The Winter Woods

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It started with eerie cracks and breaks in branches, followed by murmurs of unknown creatures in the distance. The moonlight mocked my pounding heart with glimmers of light. I was trapped playing flashlight tag with the shadows. As I moved forward, my imagination started to get the best of me. Under my feet, the branch crackled and crunched, adding to the tension in my mind. Anxiety streamed down my face in beads of sweat. I lost focus while swimming through my thoughts. A cold wet drop shocked me to consciousness... 'What was that? ... just the wind' I tell myself to calm my nerves. The deeper I tracked the further in my soul my stomach went. Now quivering in the bone-chilling winter...

...To be continued

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