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Short Stories Horror Humans Can Lick, Too
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Humans Can Lick, Too |
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| Written by Robert Quintin Penn | |
| Tuesday, 23 October 2007 | |
| Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 November 2007 ) |
"Will you be all right if you are alone for the night, Susan?" her mother asked. "Mom, ugh, I'm like, thirteen!" the little teenage girl sighed with annoyance.
"Okay, Susie. We have our cell phones, so you can call us." her father said, as he put on his jacket. "And I have Rex." Susie said. "We'll be back by noon tomorrow. Bye, sweety."
"Ugh, I can't stand my dorky parents. They always get on my nerves." Susie sighed yet again. Like most teenagers of our time, Susie had a cell phone, a Moto Razor to be precise. Since she was alone, she did what most teens did when their parents were away; waste money.
"Like, OMG, that one guy in gym is 2 cute1' she texted to a friend. '1 l1k3 th8t k1d 1n gym' her friend texted back. 'My parnts th1nk Im bein stopid cuz i text 2 much.:p' 'GTG, Susie' 'bye.' At that point a light storm came, with slow winds and a drizzle. The sound of distant thunder came after flashed of light outside the windows. Still, Susan stayed up and watched some TV, despite it being 10.
She checked her phone to see if anyone sent her a text. At about that time her phone died. "Damn." Susie shut off the TV and went to her room to charge her phone.
There was Rex, sitting on the floor, waiting to see her. "Hi, Rex." she said as Rex leaned forward to receive a pat on the head. He was a good sized golden retriever, with a somewhat tan colored furry coat. Just before she set the phone up to charge, the whole house went black. They had lost power. "Guess I'll go to bed." she heard Rex go under the bed, which he instinctively did as she got into bed. "Goodnight Rex." she put her hand down by her bed, and felt the dog lick it.
Susan felt rather safe with that dog right by her. Even though she couldn't see him, she would just drop her hand over the bed, and he would lick it. Reassured that her guardian of a dog was there, Susie quickly fell asleep. Little did she know, that outside, a man was wishing to enter the house, and he wasn't anyone she knew, that was for certain. A dark figure slowly approached the house, and through some unknown fashion, was able to get into the house. No one really knows how.
At about 1AM, Susan awoke from a nightmare. Her first thought was to check on Rex. She waited a second with her hand under her bed. Nothing. "Rex? ...a-are you there?" sure enough, there was the warm feel of his tongue on her palm. Shortly after that, Susan forgot her fears and went to sleep.
The next morning, she awoke, and found the power to be back on. She checked her wrist-watch which read 11:30. Susan yawned, and walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Since she was only half awake, she didn't notice the small drops of blood on the floor. Upon opening the door she let out a terrible shriek. Hanging on the shower head by his collar, was the dead body of Rex, with dried blood all over his fur, and on the floor. She turned to look at the mirror, and on it, written in blood no less was, "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO."
Copyright 2007 Robert Quintin Penn
Comments (14) |
 10-24-2007 13:59, good story i liked the ending 8) » Reply to this comment...  10-25-2007 04:16, Pretty good story. A small tip I read somewhere, you shouldn't say in story that you don't know how something happened - I forget the reason why - but telling a story and saying you don't know how he got in to the house is a bit of a cop-out. A bit like saying you haven't thought it through. An idea could be, as they have a dog, suggest that a bloody mark by the dog flap seemed to suggest that was how he got in. I don't mean to sound critical or anything, it's just one of those rules - like avoidance of the word "That" and starting sentences with "And" or "But" Later, Ck. » Reply to this comment...  10-25-2007 06:32, It was a good story. Short and sweet 8) Maybe it would have been better to leave out the dark figure wishing to get into the house. It kinda gives away the ending of story. » Reply to this comment...  10-25-2007 10:53, I too agree it was good, but at the same time you gave it away to quick... because it was a solid ending. I especially like the texting dialogue; it was humorous to see such bad grammer and such in a story. Nice. » Reply to this comment... 10-26-2007 19:23, i remember telling this story when i was in 6 grade. just so you know, im a high school soph now. at least you were creative » Reply to this comment... 10-26-2007 19:49, u told this story when you were in 6th grade? you must've been one sick kid. » Reply to this comment...  10-26-2007 22:50, Best horror story with a twist I've read so far. You did good, 1800. » Reply to this comment...  10-27-2007 05:29, Just to let you know, Timmy Dee, I am too a Sophomore, and I have been telling this since sixth grade also. I have decided to attempt to right some stories that focus on urban legends. Thanks for all the comments, folks. » Reply to this comment...  11-17-2007 21:42, i just flipped over half a century, consider myself well traveled - and hadn't heard the story before today. glad you submitted it. got to agree with catherine kelly - i think in the campfire version of a story it's okay to insert mystery, but in the text mode the writer should know all... and speaking of text mode - i did appreciate that addition to the story. now i have to go back to own my stories and find out how many times i've contradicted that "author pleads ignorance" statement in my own stories... keep on truck'n! » Reply to this comment...  12-14-2007 09:55, ..liked the story..nice urban legend to pass on » Reply to this comment...  02-08-2008 17:32, this from a movie with three urban legends. HUMANS CAN LICK TOO was one of them. But the movie of it was a lot creepier. Instead of her waking up in the middle of the night, she wakes up in the morning. On her own mirror in her room was written in blood HUMANS CAN LICK TOO. And in the mirror she saw some starnge guy under her bead licking her hand, and then she pulled him under. It was real freaky! » Reply to this comment...  02-11-2008 13:01, story. I really enjoyed it. Its a good read THANK YOU QUINTIN » Reply to this comment...  02-29-2008 17:32, interesting...it was good though, but very interesting. you'd think you could tell the difference between a human tongue and dog tongue...*shudder* that's a creepy thought. but it was a good story over all. » Reply to this comment...  04-27-2008 18:32, eww! well i found this entertaining, but i almost need a translator for the text speak between her and her friends » Reply to this comment... |
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