Short Story Of Blood

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Blood. There was blood everywhere. It was on the floors, the walls, the knife in the hands of the murderer. The man brought his knife crashing down into the body one, two, three times in a row. The woman was screaming, writhing on the ground, yet unable to get up. The murderer was laughing. Standing above her, he brought the knife down one final time. Blood spurted out of her throat in an arc, splashing onto the ground. Her screaming finally ceased, only to be replaced by the stillness of death and the slow drip, drip, drip of her blood. Josh woke up screaming.
Ever since he was a kid, Josh had been plagued by nightmares of the woman’s horrific murder. Psychologists had tried time and time again to figure out why his brain tormented him in this way, but they always drew a blank. The only reason they could think of was that he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, which was impossible as Josh was raised by his single dad. Even if a doctor had been able to figure out why Josh had been having this dream nearly every night since he was a child, they most likely wouldn’t have been able to tell him. Josh’s dad had always had trouble finding work, so they moved around …show more content…
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