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memorizer part I

by misschavoshi


"Take care, dear"mom says as she is putting on her shoes. & dad adds, "I lock the door for more safety, sweetie, bye” & they go. I love the times that I’m alone at home. I’ve always loved it. When I’m alone I can do everything. There are no more orders to do. I can watch movies with loud sound, I can listen to the music with a terribly annoying sound, I can litter where ever I want. As I ‘m thinking of these sweet things which I’m planning to do, the phone rings…

"I left my purse behind, put it in the elevator” "OK, mom, bye" I find the purse on the couch, going toward the door. The door doesn’t open. What’s wrong with it? Oh I remember that dad’s locked it. Finding my own keys takes a while, mom calls again, I don’t pick up the phone I know what she wants. I go to stairs the lights are all off. It’s winter so when my feet touch the floor of outdoor a freezing cold comes to my bones. The red light of the elevator shows "G". I press the button, waiting for it to come up. It comes I put the purse in it and send it down. The phone rings again. I get in the home. Lock up the door and leave the keys on the door.my party is going to start. The phone rings. I pick it up this time saying" I put it in the elevator, mom" I hear a baby laughing. Who is it? Wait! I hear a man laughing. "Hello?" no answer. It might be a child playing with a cell. Dialing a wrong number or something. It has to be. Because if it doesn’t so who is it? I hang it up, trying not to think about it. These things happen a million times. It’s not so strange. I run toward my first target. Kitchen! Then…the electricity goes off. I stop in my way, feeling that freezing cold again. Should I be frightened now? No it’s nothing of course. I go to my room, find the flashlight of mine and press its button hoping that the battery’s ok. Fortunately it works; a childish happiness comes to me. What a relief! I want to call mom and dad but I don’t want to make them worry for nothing. Wait a minute! I hear something! What is it? A sound of moving something little… it’s the keys. The keys which I put them on the door. They are shaking as well as the door. Oh God what the hell it is? I see rays creeping from beyond the door. Someone is out there. I hear steps. Suddenly something hits the door hard. But I feel warmth, unusual warmth. It’s coming up from my feet, something liquid. I draw the beam of the flashlight toward the floor. It’s red. It’s hot. And here something inside me makes me shout “it’s blood" …

To be continued…


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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),

Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!

Anyway let's get right to it,

"Take care, dear"mom says as she is putting on her shoes. & dad adds, "I lock the door for more safety, sweetie, bye” & they go. I love the times that I’m alone at home. I’ve always loved it. When I’m alone I can do everything. There are no more orders to do. I can watch movies with loud sound, I can listen to the music with a terribly annoying sound, I can litter where ever I want. As I ‘m thinking of these sweet things which I’m planning to do, the phone rings…


Okay...well..this is off to a nice start here...pretty standard sounding family there..we've got the parent leaving for the day and the child is excited to spend a few hours alone being able to do as they please. Seems like a pretty normal start there...and the start of what is potentially going to be a bit of exciting and good natured chaos...but well...the phone ringing seems to indicate otherwise...nice touch of mystery there to end this first paragraph on.

"I left my purse behind, put it in the elevator” "OK, mom, bye" I find the purse on the couch, going toward the door. The door doesn’t open. What’s wrong with it? Oh I remember that dad’s locked it. Finding my own keys takes a while, mom calls again, I don’t pick up the phone I know what she wants. I go to stairs the lights are all off. It’s winter so when my feet touch the floor of outdoor a freezing cold comes to my bones. The red light of the elevator shows "G". I press the button, waiting for it to come up. It comes I put the purse in it and send it down. The phone rings again. I get in the home. Lock up the door and leave the keys on the door.my party is going to start. The phone rings. I pick it up this time saying" I put it in the elevator, mom" I hear a baby laughing. Who is it? Wait! I hear a man laughing. "Hello?" no answer. It might be a child playing with a cell. Dialing a wrong number or something. It has to be. Because if it doesn’t so who is it? I hang it up, trying not to think about it. These things happen a million times. It’s not so strange. I run toward my first target. Kitchen! Then…the electricity goes off. I stop in my way, feeling that freezing cold again. Should I be frightened now? No it’s nothing of course. I go to my room, find the flashlight of mine and press its button hoping that the battery’s ok. Fortunately it works; a childish happiness comes to me. What a relief! I want to call mom and dad but I don’t want to make them worry for nothing. Wait a minute! I hear something! What is it? A sound of moving something little… it’s the keys. The keys which I put them on the door. They are shaking as well as the door. Oh God what the hell it is? I see rays creeping from beyond the door. Someone is out there. I hear steps. Suddenly something hits the door hard. But I feel warmth, unusual warmth. It’s coming up from my feet, something liquid. I draw the beam of the flashlight toward the floor. It’s red. It’s hot. And here something inside me makes me shout “it’s blood" …


Okay...well, very chaotic last paragraph right there...I daresay this one is a bit too much of a giant clump here, cause soo many things happen here, and it just kind of turns this thing into a confusing mass of text here. This definitely needs to be split up into paragraphs at each of the points that something different happens, and that will really allow there to be a sort of progression of the fear here as each new thing is discovered.

Anyway, the chaotic progression of this piece aside however, we have a pretty nice progression going on here. There's a really nice little descent from things turning from a regular errand to blood and screaming and just general terror there....this really does escalate quite nicely...you just need to split up some paragraphs to really catch that to its full potential here. At any rate this was a pretty good start here to a story. It seems like something I would continue to read here. :D

Aaaaand that's it for this one.

As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.

Stay Safe
Harry




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Hello, misschavoshi! I am here to review your horror story! So, let's begin... Now, I am not one for reviewing horror, so excuse me if this is not the best review. From what I we have been told within the first paragraph, I see that this MC has a pretty good life. The reader doesn't suspect anything, it feels like a normal day for that character.

Below, I am going to take it apart. :D Then I will explain my thoughts on it! Let's go!

"Take care, dear"mom says as she is putting on her shoes. & dad adds,"I lock the door for more safety, sweetie, bye”

There needs to punctuation before that ending double quotation mark. Also, there needs to be a space between the quotation mark and "mom." One final thing about the red... Mom needs to be capitalized, since Mom is a noun. ;)
With the blue part... I'd suggest taking away that ampersand and actually typing out "and." It makes your writing look more professional, and it's better on the readers eyes. Also, Dad is a noun too, so his name should be capitalized. :D
Now that I am done talking about what I have highlighted, I am going to give a tip: When someone else talks, add a new paragraph.
It's easier to see who is talking and understand the flow of the story. ;)

Woah, the next paragraph is huge. I'd recommend breaking it up into smaller parts. So, after all the dialogue is put on its own line, each time the MC goes to a different place, or a change in time, a new line would be made.

It feels like there could be more description, as the reader, I could barely see anything. Perhaps add more about the house itself and the surroundings. Maybe how the purse felt in the MC's hands. How big is the elevator? Does the MC feel cramped when inside it (even though they were only in the elevator for a few seconds I assume)? Is the elevator large? These are all questions that would be useful to paint the stories. Also, since this is horror, I wouldn't mind any creepy descriptions, similes, or metaphors. I'm all for that in scary stuff.

Woah, that's frightful. I wonder what that is. Why is there blood? Will this be answered?! I can't wait for the next part! I hope nothing bad happens to the MC... Keep on writing! (and keep me posted on what's happening!)

~Rae,




misschavoshi says...


hi dear!
i am so glad that u did a detailed review of my story as it is my first one. i will try to pay attention to them in next parts. and again thank you very very much.
i have written 2 other parts but i dont have enough points to publish and im so busy these days to review, so if u do me a favor and donate me some points i can publish it sooner. and i can say that's quiet interesting.
thx again



Evander says...


Hey! Rae again!
I believe it's only 250 points to publish a work, and you have 280! (Also, if you want to get points, review!)



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Hello misschavshi!

This is so cool! It's kind of creepy, but the kind that makes you want to read more, maybe even laugh at your friends pale faces after telling it around a campfire. I was thinking though, wouldn't it be an extremely bad idea to send a purse down in the elevator with no one there to just watch it? It could get stolen; quite easily. The "To be continued" gives it an ominous feel. I keep wondering if the blood is really real, or if for some reason it's an illusion. I also keep wondering what the "memorizer" is. Even the name gives me the creeps. I like creepy books, I'm almost never allowed to read them, making them twice as thrilling when I do.

~Kelpies.




misschavoshi says...


hi dear kelpies
i should thank you a lot as you are the first one to make a review for my first work in here.im so glad that u chose my work to review.
i am so happy that i could send the feeling that i wanted to the reader.and i promise you that next parts(which is still 3 but i will continue it if people like it) are so much more interesting and exciting.
about the elevator...i kinda do that very often.the place is not a tower just a 5 story flat.so it is safe.and i can not say any thing about the blood because in that way u will loose the excitement for next part.
thank you again.u really persuaded me



Kelpies says...


Please do publish the rest!



misschavoshi says...


Im kinda busy these days and i cant find time for reviewing and get points.if u really like to read the rest sooner u can donate me 420 points dear friend.



Kelpies says...


200 for now... I may give more when I have done more reviews.



misschavoshi says...


really really thank you for helping me




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