Horror Short Showcase: ‘Peek A Boo’

Written by Scott Edwards

​Even though there are some things that the internet has ruined for people over the years, chatrooms are not one of them. Being able to voice your opinion and meet new people, it is a great thing to take part in when you cannot sleep. I wish that more people would take the time to check out some of these and have civil conversations in them, because it is just fun. Don’t let the Trolls keep you from chatting about things that you like since there are many other people that feel the same way as you and you never know, you may find some good people that are just trying to make some friends as well.
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While playing on her computer, listening to music and watching videos, a young woman gets a message from an unknown user who wants to play a game. Thinking that it is one of her friends, the woman plays along for a little while and a game of Peek A Boo seems harmless enough. Seeing that her friend is going to come over, the woman heads downstairs to see that her back door is wide open. Closing it up and getting a drink of water, she returns to her computer to find out that whomever she is playing with has seen exactly what she was doing, along with admiring her collection of stuffed animals in her room. 

Getting a little freaked out, the woman tries to stop the game by threatening to call the police, however her phone shuts off after it gets connected. Unfortunately, the game continues with only one rule, if she gets scared, the other player wins, and the woman is asked to look out the window to see who she is playing against. Seeing a woman dressed in white standing by the pool with hair covering her face, the young woman gets a message that she will regret for the rest of the game, that she left her doors unlocked. Trying to lock them before the stranger is able to get in, the woman sees her opponent coming into the house and that is just the beginning of a game that will change her life forever.

This is really a freaky situation that is put on the screen, as the young woman believes that it is a friend messing with her before finding out that the whole situation is much more sinister than she could have known. With her attempts to end the game not being accepted, I am sure that she wishes that she never responded to the stranger’s message. Knowing that the other player is keeping very close tabs on her, the young woman finds out that there is someone else in her home and why not when the game is designed to scare her, and she becomes witness to something that would drive a normal person crazy. With an unknown person wanting to play a game, simple rules, an easy way out, a stranger in the house, a distorted woman playing for keeps and a young woman who is not able to admit that she lost, this is just a frightening look into an innocent game turned ugly when you are not willing to admit defeat. Stay Scared.
 
Watch ‘Peek a Book’ here.

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