The sound echoes through the quiet house, shattering the silence anew with each impact. Bleary eyed, you open the door. A figure, darker than the night time backdrop, stands on the porch. You blink. Yawn. Cough as the blade slips through the flesh of your neck. Sigh as your body slumps to the floor.

In 31 scarily magic words:

The sound shatters the silence. You open the door. You blink. Yawn. Cough as the blade slips through the flesh of your neck. Sigh as your body slumps to the floor.  

This is the story that won the fright profile Flash in the Dark contest! Whoop!!!

The prompt was to write a story in no more than 50 words:

You wake up at 3am to a slow, chilling tapping at your front door...

Here's the link. Check it out for future prompts!

https://www.wattpad.com/story/147829626-flash-in-the-dark