Tock
- by Mike Murphy
- Flash Fiction
- Horror
- Adults
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “Tock” by Mike Murphy, in Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles, edited by Eric S. Fomley (Shacklebound Books, August 2018).
Jake lies shivering iin bed while someone—it’a hard to say who—falls endlessly down the stairs.
—Michael Main
He clutched his blankets, waiting for the inevitable.
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The dusty mantle clock hadn’t peeped since Aunt Beryl . . .
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- Time Periods
- Themes
- Frozen Time: Did time stop between the tick and the tock of an evil clock?
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- “Tock” by Mike Murphy, in Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles, edited by Eric S. Fomley (Shacklebound Books, August 2018).