"Don't go in there!"
How many times have you screamed that during a horror movie? Despite your protests, the hapless character opens the door and steps into the dark room or basement or tunnel -- alone.
Today's "Three-Minute Fiction" story has the same premise, but you'll have to read to the end of "The Last Adventure" to see what happens to the hero.
The story is by Greg Locascio of Sycamore, Illinois, who wrote it in response to a prompt issued last month by award-winning author GK Wuori ("I'm a curious person. No, I'm a nosey person. No, I'm a snoop, and it's finally gotten me into trouble.") Wuori selected Locascio's story, plus four others, out of more than 100 submissions.
In the link below, Wuori introduces the third story in our series.
Locascio recently visited WNIJ's DeKalb studio to record his story. You can see the video below.
"Three-Minute Fiction" continues Thursday with a story called "Yard Work." Listen during Morning Edition at 6:44 and 8:44. Then come back here for the author reading and more.
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