7 Stories: Skeletons in the Closet (suggested theme)

Some thoughts to get you thinking about the month’s suggested theme, “Skeletons in the Closet”

Who doesn’t have a skeleton in their closet or at least a few bones? When I was young, I loved to watch scary movies! The problem was that after I watched them, I was sometimes too scared to go to bed. One movie I can remember watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the 1956 version). To my 9-yearold-self this was really, really frightening. I shared a room with my 2 older brothers. This made going to bed seem a little bit safer. Being they were 13 and 17, they would make better bodies to snatch then mine!

When the movie was over, I dutifully went off to bed. Just as I sat on my bed, a hand gripped my ankle and a ghost came out of the closet moaning. I shot out of the room and straight out the front door to the middle of the street screaming all the way---leaving my two brothers falling over with laughter in our room. While my mother came out to try and calm me back down and at least come back inside.

Do you have a story to tell? Whether it be about a haunting family story or a skeletal discovery in the family tree, we would love to hear it! Our shared stories bring us together and build community.

No story of your own? Come to 7 Stories and listen to our story tellers fill the room with their stories of Skeletons in the Closet.
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• Stories must be true.
  Stories must take 7 minutes or less to tell.
  Stories must be TOLD, not READ.

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