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An Unexpected Trip

June 6, 2025 6 Comments

By JR Roth

“Dana Angela Nolan, get your butt down here now,” I holler so hard my voice cracks.

Shaking with fury, I step around the overturned box of Lego bricks spilled all over the entry hall. I told her to pick these up before she went upstairs. Sometimes she makes me so mad I could just kill her.

I hear her little feet run to the stairs. I hear a trip, then a slip, a small cry, a hard tumble, a final thud. In an instant, my fury turns to horror.

Her lifeless five-year-old body lies broken at the foot of the stairs.

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  1. Alex says

    June 6, 2025 at 7:36 pm

    Wow, that is quite a dark and sad turn. Great descriptions and nice job writing from the parent’s POV.

    Sad and great write.

    Reply
    • JR Roth says

      June 6, 2025 at 9:24 pm

      Thanks Alex!

      Reply
  2. Sharon Murphy says

    June 11, 2025 at 8:21 am

    Did not expect that! Nicely done.

    Reply
    • JRRoth says

      June 11, 2025 at 10:10 am

      Thank you, Sharon.

      Reply
  3. Ed Kratz says

    June 13, 2025 at 1:00 am

    Very well done. True horror.

    Reply
  4. Sally says

    January 17, 2026 at 2:45 pm

    Truly a horror story, a parent’s nightmare. So well written. I could feel the mother’s heart drop to the pit of her stomach.

    Reply

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