My Editor Questioned My Sanity
Outnumbered
On Friday, June 13th, my story, “Outnumbered,” was released on Kindle, along with 13 other Friday the 13th-themed short horror stories. Each story is only 99 cents. If you wish to read all 13 stories by 13 different authors, here is a link: https://linktr.ee/Fridaythe13thHorrorStories_7.
After my editor read “Outnumbered,” he said, “This all-too-evil story hits the mark but makes me question the mentality of the author.”
Here’s a short excerpt from the story:
Damien enjoyed that the first fortune cookie contained two numbers that dealt with superstition. First, there was his beloved personal favorite number, 13. Then, there was the four sandwiched between the two 13s.
He had researched Japanese superstitions in Japan before arriving. Damien knew that in Japan, the number four was deemed unlucky. This was because ‘shi’ was the Japanese word for four and death.
Just another example of bizarre thinking, Damien thought. What did it matter anyway? Damien’s obsession centered around the number 13, and he was not drawn to any other number as a favorite, even though he liked the absurdity of a superstition about a number correlating with death.
If you care to read “Outnumbered,” you can be the judge of my editor’s remark.
