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"The Day Susan Disappeared" a monologue by Charles Anthony Hood






 




     Susan Sprinkle bought a piece of land in Altus, OK. The thing is: she had never even seen the property. She wanted to get out of California, so she bought the land sight unseen.

     Despite buying the property sight unseen, she got a deal that her daddy would have called “right on the money!” She bought 2 acres with a 2 bed, 1 bath house on it. The house had recently been remodeled, so it had a “new house” smell.

     Her first night in the house was enough to make anybody go mad. After she would turn off the light in the hallway and walk away, the light would later be flipped back on. She went into the kitchen to get a glass of iced tea, and the food disposer was running. Once, the toilet flushed by itself.

     “I know why I got such a good deal.” She said to her mother, Joan, over the phone. She told Joan of all the strange things that had happened the night before. Joan told her to get out of the house. “Come stay with me.” She said.

     “I’m going call an exorcist tomorrow. I don’t think ghosts can actually hurt a person, can they?” Susan wasn’t as alarmed as she should’ve been her mother told her. “I’ll be fine, ma.” She said. “Besides you have a key to get in if you need to.”

     The next morning, Joan called Susan several times. No answer. No callback. Joan started feeling dizzy and hot. She had a feeling that something terrible had happened to her baby.

     Joan entered Susan’s house. It looked like a phantom had trashed the place. Susan had always been the type to keep her place dustless and polished. Joan called out to her, but there was no answer. In fact, Susan has never been found; it was like she had just disappeared.   

           


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