We are back with These Are Your Stories blog edition. I took a break for the month of spooky and that got extended, so here we are. I love stories like the one we have this week. It comes from the wild state of Nevada and was sent in by Samantha Grim. She has titled it Ghost In The Pool.
First off, I didn’t see it in the pool. It was afterwards. After my sister accidentally kicked me in the eye while in the pool. I decided to pull a prank on her and pretend she gave me a bruised eye. So, I grabbed my mother’s makeup palette and did the best I could to fake a black eye, and it seemed believable. I walked upstairs to the loft where my sister and her friends were hanging out and I showed her my eye. She obviously freaked out. I made her apologize before she wiped my eye and realized it was makeup. She punched me and we had a good laugh.
I went downstairs to the bathroom to wash it off. As I was bent over to wash my eye, in my peripheral vision I saw a small frail boy, wearing a striped shirt and boarding shorts. He had a bowl cut and was glaring at me with distorted facial features. Knowing there were no children as young as he at this party, I immediately stood up straight and looked towards him. He was gone. I backed up into the corner of the bathroom and looked around the room, my heart beating out of my chest. I ran out of the room and told my sister.
After a few months had passed, I had completely forgotten about that event, and so had my sister. One evening I went into my parents room to get a shirt I had left in there from the previous night. My parents room and the bathroom are connected by a pair of double doors with frosted glass, just like most of the doors in our house. I found my shirt and was on my way out when I noticed two small handprints on one of the frosted glass panes. I stopped to have a better look at it, each handprint was as small as the palms of my hands. I felt shocked, but then I got shivers on every inch of my body as I remembered what happened after the pool party not too long ago. My heart sank and I ran to the kitchen, grabbing some cleaning supplies and desperately tried wiping it off. But it didn’t come off at all and even made it somewhat clearer. I decided to ignore it , but it is currently still there. It creeps me out whenever I go into my parents room or especially the bathroom. – Samantha Grim (Las Vegas)
This Week’s Podcast:
On the program this week we have an extended review of the brand new audiobook The Downloaded by Robert J. Sawyer. Then we have more stories sent in by you. Our featured tale comes from the series X-Minus One and looks at the world of Cold Equations and the impact it had on Marilyn Lee Cross. The short story version by Tom Goodwin is in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. You won’t want to miss this one. You can listen to this podcast on Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link
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