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Second Sight

June 27, 2016 8 Comments

Second Sight

By Felix Ward

My next-door neighbour Sheila was blessed with second sight, so she claimed. As a child I used to joke that she ought to have been given some first sight to go along with it, as she was nearly blind as a bat, and had spectacles so thick you couldn’t see her eyes through them. I remember being told off for making that joke. One day she actually beat me. Every single blow found its mark.

So, I put her to the test; I hid in her house and frightened her.

She died of a heart attack.

She didn’t see that coming.

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  1. b. says

    June 27, 2016 at 10:59 am

    I didn’t see it coming either. Good job.

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  2. sueannporter1 says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:26 am

    I like it.

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  3. Dave Edie says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:32 am

    Dark humor..I love it.

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  4. lquisp says

    June 27, 2016 at 1:36 pm

    LOL Loved it

    Reply
  5. Joanna Bressler says

    June 27, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    I didn’t see it coming either. it’s marvelous writing that your reader has the same experience that Sheila did, although hopefully none of your readers take it to the extreme that Sheila did.

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  6. Bobby Warner says

    June 27, 2016 at 5:30 pm

    That seems to be one of the big troubles with being “psychic”: the paranormal person can often see what going to happen to someone else, but never to themselves. Good story.

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  7. dimitriosotis says

    June 28, 2016 at 7:00 am

    Haha!

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  8. Sara says

    June 29, 2016 at 4:48 am

    Creepy and well crafted! A well executed twist. 🙂

    Reply

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