Teds House: X Rated
No one would buy the old house. Memories where too raw. Some people swore that they could still hear the dogs screaming. Ted was the keeper of the hunts hounds. When the police visited Teds home, when the hunt master called them from there. They saw that the hunt masters fine head of black hair had turned pure white.
Ted had been nailed to the front door, around him lay the hounds. Each one had been skinned and each was missing their heart… as for Ted: it is better that you don’t know
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Wow, dark and gruesome.
Thank you, I was quite taken by surprise when Teds story turned out the way it did. As I had planned to write something quite different
Grisly – the fox finally taking revenge?
Iain one might think so. But even a dozen reynard’s would not be capable. So for the present time, the jury is out on who was responsible
Not the dogs. Whatever they did to Ted was bad enough, but not the dogs….
Trent I do agree wholeheartedly, ‘no pun intended’, thank you
Jings, Michael, did you get up on the wrong side today!
Gory, but good.
I reckon that I must have done so . Thank you sir.
Wow! What happened to you during the night? I might need to go and bleach my imagination now.
I wished I knew, if I did I could can it. Thank you Sandra and go easy on the bleach, you don’t need it.
Dear Michael,
I don’t want to imagine what Ted looks like. Grisly good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle, I was afraid to look at Ted, as I have more than enough white hair already
Good gawd, Michael! What did you eat for breakfast to be so gruesome?
Good old fashioned Scots porridge oats, , Perhaps I am learning…Thank you Dale
Haha!!
Aaagghh! Horrible. You wrote it much to clearly–that’s going to be a hard picture to un-see.
Sorry Linda, I don’t know what came over me, I don’t usually read or write horror stories.
Well, this one was a dandy!
Indeed it was.
Sorry Linda, I set out to write something quite different, but this horrific story turned instead. At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams, perhaps Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
Isn’t it interesting how sometimes the story just kind of takes over and decides how it wants to go 🙂
It is true some stories do surprise me,
This was horrifying Michaels, but in a good way.
I set out to write something quite different, but this story arrived instead. At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams, perhaps Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
Could be. It’s strange how stories end up sometimes.
it looks like the waking dead folks paid him a visit. how gruesome.
Sorry plaridel, At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams, perhaps Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
House is witness to terrible cruelty on man and his animals. No wonder it is not being sold.
Terrible indeed, I must drink less whiskey
Well, that story’s going to stick in my head for a good while. Graphic and terrible, some sort of revenge being served on Ted and the dogs. Anti-hunting maybe? Me too, but I would opt for a peaceful protest.
Peaceful is good, that would be my way. I set out to write something quite different, but this horrific story turned instead. At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams. Maybe Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
Ungh! Gave me the shivers
Sorry, I set out to write something quite different, but this story turned instead. At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams, perhaps Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
No need to apologize Michael, one goes where the story drags us – we really dont have a choice do we?
Thank you Dahlia, you have set me thinking, whether we do we have a choice. I wonder how many writers have destroyed part of a story.
Of course we do modify and change a story but to be a really honest story, one has to let the characters and the plot take the lead. At least that’s what i feel…
I’ve never destroyed a story but there are two that I have never published. Altogether too grim. Do we have a choice as to what to write, or how a story evolves? I would say yes – but some stories definitely tug the author along, don’t they?
They certainly can take hold of one and as you say tug you along. I think that I will try and cut the string on Teds dream.
Methinks there could be a gruesome end to the Hunt Master as well. Sounds like the making of a great legend. Gory, but great.
Thank you Stuart, your comment has given me something to think about.
Good and gory, just in time for Halloween. At least that is my take. Nicely done.
I set out to write something quite different, but this story turned up. It certainly does suits Halloween
Thoroughly grim!! great stuff
Glad you enjoyed it. I set out to write something quite different, but this story turned up. At the time I was working on a set of stories centred on dreams, perhaps Ted was dreaming after eating a real hot curry.
!! maybe so, a Chicken Phall!!
I have only had a chicken phall once, I will always remember it, it was hot stuff but really tasty.
I had one from the curry house of the year in Rusholme decades ago, he gave it to me for free because he didn’t think I could finish it!
I bet that you finished it.
Yikes!
Yikes it is… I have been told I must have eaten a chicken phall curry
Ha ha ha, you certainly seem to be in a mood Michael 🙂
It has been suggested that perhaps I had eaten a chicken phall curry
Sounds like the beginning of a great cold case mystery story! Gruesome, yes, but it begs the question: why? If a ghost (white hair), why butcher thedogs? If mere blood sport, why dye the hair? I think someone, down on their luck, should move in and solve it! Youve got my attention, for sure!
Certainly not a ghost… the mysterious events remains unsolved for the time being. At the present I am working on a set of stories to do with dreams, Teds might be dreaming !
Chilling!
Sorry Jelli, I had set out to write a story about dreams, Teds dreams are certainly chilling.
No need to apologize. It’s October, after all. We all need some “chilling” stories. 🙂
Wow! This could be the start of a good horror story.
Thank you Subroto, sadly writing horror is not my thing, I prefer writing fantasy like your Prince Charming story.
A good gruesome tale, Michael. In the spirit of the upcoming Halloween season? Like many others said, “Chilling!”
Thank you Brenda, I will have to stop eating really hot curries and switch to ice cream instead.
Sounds like the moral of your story is “He who lives by tearing foxes to shreds, dies by being torn to shreds.” Not a pretty way to go.
Penny I was not thinking that, although a Fox did briefly figure in my thoughts. I would never willingly harm a dog
Very grisly. Great take.
Thank you Lisa, it certainly was a bit grisly for me,
No wonder nobody will buy the house. What a gruesome, disturbing tale.
Sorry magarisa,
No need to say sorry. It’s a good take on the prompt.