Cowering–the small girl blends with nighttime bark and organic shadow. Whimpers rise like bird calls. She could be a tree stump, hidden behind black-curtain hair and a long-sleeved shirt pulled over her knees.
A heavy man walks past with one eye forward and circles back. He stares with hands-in-pockets curiosity at the lost little girl and says, “Where’s your mummy and daddy?”
The whimpers cease. She draws up her knees.
He stalks closer.
Her eyes appear, white, behind black strands. She becomes a bounding black streak.
He flails with lost girl clasping–her white teeth turn red.
Anthony J. Rapino’s most recently published story, Retired, will appear in the October issue of MagusZine. His short story, The Plumber, can be found in issue 1.11 of Devil’s Work. He is a recent graduate of East Stroudsburg University, where he received his master’s degree in secondary education and teaching certification in English.
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15 Responses to “THE LOST LITTLE GIRL • by Anthony J. Rapino”
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October 28th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Chilling, yet not ‘in your face’. Good job, Anthony!
Clyde.
October 28th, 2007 at 5:43 am
a little frightener in the morning to start my day…nice!
October 28th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Hey, thanks guys. Glad you liked it. Can’t wait to read the rest of the Halloween line-up.
October 28th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Oooh shivers!
October 29th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Very J-Horror. Like it.
October 29th, 2007 at 5:08 am
thanks everybody
October 31st, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Girl Power … or demon power- at any rate this was a fun read.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Thanks, Anita!
December 9th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Clean as a whistle but going right for the jugular. Good story!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:24 am
Good story.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I was just rereading some of the old stories.
I like this story, Sweet and to the point.
Thanks
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
A little short, like a story fragment. We want more!!!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Well done!
May 15th, 2008 at 5:34 am
EEEk! Scary child!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Hi all. I just noticed my story has gotten into the top ten somehow, so I thank you all for that, and hope you’re liking it.