Insomnia

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 60 words using the prompts below.

insomnia, dare, tambourine, dust, fox, fan

Three a.m. Insomnia again. A fox screamed somewhere in the distance. Faint chiming, like a dare, beckoned Trina to climb the ladder to the attic. Dust clung like a fog around a bare bulb. Her grandmother’s tambourine still hung on its nail, jingling faintly as the fan below blew warm air upwards. Trina shook the tambourine; magically, the screams stopped.

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