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Friday, 19 October 2012

Board games


I was just a tad pissed off at getting dragged through the ether again, this was the third time in less than a month.

Stupid drunken teenagers playing around with things they didn't understand. Well, the time for understanding was over, they would be taught a lesson, I had my own game to play.

I burst into the room through a splat of ectoplasm, all gooey and snotty, in spirit of course, my body was long since gone, but it still felt gooey and snotty.

And there they were... The four of them, crouched around the ouija board on the coffee table, all hands touching the pointer, all mouths giggling.

“Is there anybodeee theeere?” Said the redhead, theatrically. Rolling her eyes, and bursting into further fits of laughter, pulling the other three along with her mirth.

Oh yes, there is somebodeee heeere alright, you can't see me, but by hell you're soon gonna know I exist.

I picked up the almost empty vodka bottle and hurled it against the wall, that was when the giggling stopped.

They all eyed each other, their faces delightful pictures of serious concern.

Next the coffee table, ouija board, and drinks glasses sailed through the air, that was when the scramble for the door started. I slammed it shut, they were going nowhere.

Time for the games to begin.

I lifted the redhead up by her hair and slammed her against the ceiling, that was when the screaming started...

It went on for a long, long time.


©2012 Stephen. J. Green.
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38 comments:

  1. Helen A. Howell19 October 2012 at 00:52

    See they say you shouldn't play with ouija boards! ^__^ The ghost obviously got into the spirit of things then tee-hee

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:40

      Haha! Hi Helen, that's right, don't mess with what you don't understand.

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  2. Laura Besley19 October 2012 at 02:33

    Great! Love the first line especially as it gives such a feel as to what the story will be about!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:42

      Thanks Laura, there was no gentle build-up in this one was there? :-)

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  3. John Wiswell19 October 2012 at 05:44

    Kind of that Harlan Ellison crotchety paranormal vibe there. I wouldn't appreciate having my afterlife turn into somebody's game piece either!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:45

      Me neither John, If "The other side" exists, I'm hoping for a well-earned rest when I get there. :-)

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  4. Sulci Collective19 October 2012 at 08:16

    Ouchy! Didn't the human race discover the radio valve through expreiments in trying to communicate with the dead?

    marc nash

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:50

      Hi Marc, I've never heard of that before, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that it's true.

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  5. Unknown19 October 2012 at 11:51

    I love the last line.

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:55

      Thanks Louise, it sometimes works better to leave bits for the reader's own imagination to fill in, doesn't it? :-)

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  6. Anonymous19 October 2012 at 16:46

    You ended this one in the perfect place. As I scrolled down I desperately didn't want it to go on. It would have spoiled it.

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 14:58

      Thanks Justin, sometimes it's the unwritten things that make a story work better, isn't it? :-)

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  7. Larry Kollar19 October 2012 at 20:57

    Or as some would say over here, "I'm going poltergeist on your sorry a$$es!" I was hoping it would start with the gooey snotty splat sliming them all, heehee.

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:00

      Heheh!! There may have been enough gooey, snotty body fluids splattered around the room by the time he had finished playing his game though. :-)

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  8. Cat Russell19 October 2012 at 21:51

    Awwwww, I feel sort of sorry for the kids! Maybe he could prank them!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:01

      Hi Catherine, I think this may BE his idea of a prank!! Bwuhahahahahahaha!! :-)

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  9. Deanna Schrayer20 October 2012 at 01:11

    Well, I sure don't blame the ghost but I feel for the kids. This reminds me of the time I and a couple friends - as teenagers of course - played around with a ouija and the planchette went flying across the room and hit the wall. Yep, I never touched a ouija board again!
    Love the voice in this Steve!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:06

      Thanks Deanna, I don't know the truth, or the fiction about ouija boards, but I find them very unnerving and scary things. Things definitely not to be toyed with.

      I bet that was a really scary moment for you and your friends, hopefully none of you were injured.

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  10. Anonymous20 October 2012 at 02:21

    Ohhhhh they called the wrong ghost - a powerful one by the looks of things. Loved this, Steve. Deanna -wow!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:07

      Hi Brinda, yup, they definitely could have done with contacting a less grumpy one. :-)

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  11. Aaron20 October 2012 at 10:50

    Cantankerous spirit, with a "you young punks, stay offa my yard!" vibe. Though his punishment goes beyond merely shaking a cane. I dug it!

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:10

      Thanks Aaron, when the cane-shakin' don't work... time to take it all up a coupla notches. :-)

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  12. Craig Smith20 October 2012 at 11:09

    It was rather mean spirited of the ghost, but I don't think they deserved anything less ;).

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    1. Steve Green20 October 2012 at 15:12

      Hi Craig, I didn't think of this aspect until just now, but it may have taken centuries of getting dragged through the ether to get him as riled up as that...

      And when enough is enough...

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  13. Sonia Lal20 October 2012 at 15:47

    Ouch. Poor foolish kids.

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    1. Steve Green21 October 2012 at 12:04

      A very hard lesson learnt, they may even end up getting dragged through the ether themselves in the not too distant future. :-)

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  14. Anonymous20 October 2012 at 20:51

    Be careful who you invite to the party! I haven't been around much lately, but it's so good to read your words again.

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    1. Steve Green21 October 2012 at 21:02

      Hiya Danielle, thanks so much for the compliment, I hope things are good with you. :-)

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  15. Chuck Allen22 October 2012 at 14:30

    Yikes. It looks like they won't be playing with the ouija board again anytime soon! Great pacing, too.

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    1. Steve Green22 October 2012 at 19:49

      Thanks Chuck. In my humble opinion, I think the best thing to do with ouija boards is to stay well away from them. :-)

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  16. Icy Sedgwick23 October 2012 at 12:28

    I've done plenty of ouija boards in my time and rest assured, nothing can "come through" or be called by them. In fact, the only thing you're going to contact is the unconscious of the people on the board, since that controls the imperceptible muscle movements in the fingertips which move the planchette.

    Still, Hollywood has done a lot to convince us otherwise.

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    1. Steve Green23 October 2012 at 21:39

      Hi Icy, you make it sound far more logical, and far less dramatic and dangerous than some of the films I have seen, and stories I have heard concerning ouija boards, thank you for the reassurance. :-)

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  17. Cindy Vaskova24 October 2012 at 23:23

    Never have set my hands on a ouija board. Not sure I want to after reading this fast paced, tight and super creepy story! Well written Steve.

    That old geezer is sure going to get his payback time...in blood. And shattered bones.

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    1. Steve Green25 October 2012 at 10:41

      Hi Cindy, it's definitely not a party you would want an invite to, is it? :-)

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  18. Stephen5 November 2012 at 08:12

    Hi there Steve -- Ouchie. If you go prodding the neighbours then they may just prod back. Looks like he's gonna settle down for a nice game of Snap -- the painful kind. Also liked his snotty, ectoplasmic body. St.

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    1. Steve Green5 November 2012 at 21:32

      Heheh!! That game of snap sounds painful indeed, they may end up with far more joints than they started out with. :-)

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  19. Tim VanSant Writes7 November 2012 at 00:34

    Wow, if this spirit was "just a tad pissed off" I'd really hate to be around when it gets fully riled up!

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    1. Steve Green7 November 2012 at 10:46

      Hi Tim, he certainly was having a bad hair day, wasn't he? :-D

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