Sam's Sanctuary Short Story

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SAM’S NIGHTMARE: THE CHARRED PEOPLE
What are you doing tonight Sam? Asked griffin.
“Nothing, then again, I might see the new movie Inferno at the Gates Theater” said Sam. Sam invites Griffin along to watch the show. The two take the bus from school, instead of going home. They are excited about the movie. Walking up to the ticket booth, “That will be $12 dollars” stated the ticket booth guy wearing a red wrinkled shirt and long ponytail. Sam reaches into his pocket, pulling out a crisp $20 dollar bill. Sam and Griffin proceed to the popcorn stand and buys large popcorn for them to share. The antiquated theater gave the both of them creeps, the vintage stone surrounding the theater’s name that had a letter missing. The old title signs that
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The dream happens every night and Sam doesn’t even want to go back to sleep. Maybe Mr.Ashton was right about the book and movie. He decides to go for a ride downtown. He hops on his bike and hits the sidewalk. He waves at his neighbors who looked at him in a frightening way. His neighbors could see a black cloud clinging to Sam’s body. He shakes it off like nothing happened. Then suddenly he notices a man lying on the ground with a hoody. It looks as if the man needs help. Sam walks over to the man and says “are you, ok sir?” The man looks up and said sure I’ll be better when you join me in hell. Sam was taken aback by the man’s response and when the man looked up with a charred smile, Sam panicked and said what do you want from me? The man laughed as Sam fell into tears, running away, leaving his bike. That’s one of the people from the movie theater. Sam bursts through his house door and rushes upstairs to his room. He is afraid to fall asleep tonight so he drinks an energy juice to keep him up. Sitting on his bed, pondering what to do next makes Sam a nervous wreck. The night is finally here and Sam’s parents leave again. He thinks about the charred man he saw when riding his bike. Then suddenly Sam hears partying going on downstairs, he is scared because no one should be home. He opens his bedroom door to see that his house walls were covered with mold. He thinks his dream is happening again, only this time he is awake. Sam wishes he never took the pills. He also sees the charred people that had been in his dream. They ask him to join and Sam screams “Get out! This is not real!” He tries to go back to his room but there is no door. The charred people are partying in a circle of fire. The women are not yelling because of the pain but, celebration of a new soul. Sam realizes his fate is with the hell-ridden people because of reading the book, Mr. Ashton warned him about. In the corner Sam noticed the hooded people. One of

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