I was just about to fall asleep, when I heard something scuttling across the window, like fingernails over glass. Now, normally such a thing wouldn't frighten me. The reason this sent shivers down my spine, though, was the fact that there wasn't a tree anywhere near my second floor window.
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The horrific events in a dark alley and other horror microbytes
ParanormalWritten for various prompts of "30 Days of Spooky Tales".