NEARLY NINE
(1,025 words)
A boy settles down on the eve of his ninth birthday. He can't sleep because his father has just read him a story about a scary monster that looks after toys and comes out of a wardrobe at night. He thinks no monster can be in his wardrobe, because it is full of clothes, and toys, and there simply isn't room.
But monsters, of course, aren't always where you expect them to be...
© Sarah Thiel
