The Lantern

    Cynthia walks out of the bathroom.

    Jeremy is reading the paper in a chair across the room. He glances up at her and smiles slightly. However, his smile grows wider and wider and eventually it appears nearly psychotic in demeanor. His eyes glimmer with a strange inner glow. The smile extends farther than his face will permit, stretching through the air in an unnaturally winding tangle. His face isn't distinguishable as that of a human anymore, it has been warped by too extreme an alteration. His stomach opens up and worms start to spill onto the floor, hissing all the while.

    Cynthia walks back into the bathroom and leaves through the window.

Reviews

[Analgesia]

A fair use of irony through understatement here, excelent flash fiction. However, I feel this belongs with a collection of similarly ephemeral quips, sort of a compilation of brevity. I hope I was of service, though this may be a rather succinct review, and I appreciate you writing something worth reading.

[Crazy Cat Man]

creepy :)

[ICE]

Heh nice! Its the spirit of Lovecraft without the dryness of the text. Brilliant!

[Alphachad]

Ok first that was a creepy and excellent flash fiction. But when "Cynthia" left thru the window a stupid thought crossed my mind so i'm still laughing right now LOL. I don't even know if i had to tell you that. Anyway it was a nice read.