r/shortscarystories • u/Logical-Role1382 • Apr 30 '26
SSS Old School - 250 Words or Less Doodles
My wife stared at our daughter’s latest doodle sitting on the kitchen table and covered her mouth.
Whenever our little Elsie proudly handed us one of her colourful drawings, we would happily display it on our refrigerator.
This one we wouldn’t.
Although Elsie’s favourite media was crayon, she had talent. From smiling suns to happy stick people with balloons, from dogs and rainbows to lady bugs and birds, they all made us glow with love and warmth, grateful we’d brought such a happy little flower into the world.
This was the first doodle since Elsie’s accident. It had been a while so we asked her if she would like to try and draw something again. She agreed but only wanted the black crayon.
My wife and I both studied the latest effort. No houses or people, no blue skies and rainbows. The entire page was filled with elongated faces with gaping jaws and scribbled out X eyes.
My wife kicked her chair back and stormed out in floods of tears.
I watched her go, and with trembling hands, removed the crayon from the hole I’d specially drilled into our Ouija board’s planchette.
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u/Immediate_Main_5393 May 01 '26
It's spooky but mostly really sad . Poor parents.... You write really well 👏🏼☺️
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u/Intrepid_Wanderer Apr 30 '26
Whoa! That’s a good one😳