Really exciting and horrific. Great descriptions as well, very terrifying.

I’m beyond impressed that you have not only crafted a masterfully suspenseful story, but also managed to keep it within the constraints of the challenge. This has my vote!
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Grotesque! Painfully detailed, and crafted. (Err, was it painful to write?) I think I meant well-crafted. LOL ! I enjoyed it, once my stomach stopped empathizing in agony with the sacrificial protagonist!
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Umm, actually the 4th sentence has the same number of words as the 3rd. I’m sorry, I wouldn’t have noticed but this was such a good normal ficlet that I got confused. lol. Anyhooser it’s cool that you managed a story like this within the limits of the challenge.

Got confused and started to count, I meant…. whatever

Well spotted Tarmaie, I fixed it.

Oh, I love how you wove this into an actual little story (formatting-wise, I mean). Nice spooky detail, and great job following the guidelines.