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Rated: 13+ · Short Story · Contest Entry · #1431706
Grave robber tale for 55 word contest
The shadows morphed eerily as a chilling wind pushed through the long forgotten graveyard.

Rob continued to dig. He knew that what he sought was here.

"Clank!"

He dropped the shovel and reached down expectantly.

The decaying clawed hand flashed out from the earth.

The taker had become the taken.
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