A Student Story

One of my First Certificate students has very kindly allowed me to publish a story she wrote as practice for Part 2 of the writing exam. I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I did and that it inspires you to perhaps send in a story of your own to be published on the blog. The only rule is that the story must begin with ‘Emma could not believe what she saw in front of her” and be no longer than 180 words.

Here is Monica's story.

Emma could not believe what she saw in front of her. For the first time in her life she was afraid. She started to sweat and for a while she stopped breathing.

Come on, Emma. It's impossible, you've never been a fearful person. But, she realized after a few seconds that over the last two weeks strange things had been happening around her.

First, each time she came home the door was open. It was probably her husband's fault, however he doesn't usually forget to lock it. Secondly, why did the lights turn out so often? And it always happened when she was alone. And finally, the most frightening thing, what about this sound (so scary) that she had been hearing lately?

Then she remembered an old story; if someday, somewhere, somehow you see your own vision in front of you, you'd better run because the curse is following you.

(Monica Huerta)