Don't Blink

Remember the staring contests you would have as a kid. Winning might be more important than you think.

I have been awake for hours. It's 3:00 in the morning now and I haven't slept all night. I guess you might be wondering why. I am not an insomniac. I usually sleep like a baby the minute my head hits the pillow. Tonight was different. You see, my parents had gone on a trip for their anniversary and, being 18 now, left me home alone. I have been home alone  before of course, but not for an entire night. Is that weird? I don't care. I tend to ramble when i'm nervous so I apologize. Anyway, when I went upstairs, I didn't bother turning the lights off, call me paranoid but it made feel better. I crawled in my bed, pulling the covers around me, and switched my light off. I was still sitting up. I was about to lie down, when I noticed a shadow in the hallway. I wasn't thinking much, just figured it was one of my parents coming up for bed. One of my parents. My parents weren't home. I turned my head slowly to get a full view of this shadow. It wasn't a shadow at all. no. This thing, I don't have a name for. It had a human shape, but taller, thinner, like a skeleton with black skin stretched tightly over it's bones. But what was worse, oh so much worse, was the face. Or the lack of face? because it only had eyes. no mouth. no ears. no nose. nothing but two giant eyes. The pupils were so dilated they  were almost cartoonish. I stared at them, unable to break away. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I felt that the moment I broke the stare, I would be killed. So back to the present. Now it is 3:45. I haven't blinked this entire time, my eyelids are drooping and i'm doing all I can to keep from passing out. I don't think I'm going to make it. Maybe i've been awake too long, because it looks like the thing is getting closer. I don't know. I can't do this anymore. my eyes start to close. I catch a glimpse of the thing, sitting on my bed, just before my eyes close. I blink. 

Author's Note

on a scale of Stupid fo Scary what did you think?

Reviews

[LexiaNight]

if stupid is 1 and scary is 10, i go for an 8 because it reminds me of the weeping angels in Dr who. if i hadn't known about Dr. who, i'd probably give it a 6. in other words its creepy but i wish there was more. good job!

[Robert Parlange]

This is a good synopsis for a short story. You could easily expand this into a proper format with internal dialogue and more narrative details.
You have a good imagination. Keep writing.