Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 51 words using the prompts below.
yawn ~ weather ~ toot ~ cookies ~ necromancer

Bored by the incessant violent weather clawing at the window panes, a weary necromancer stifled a heavy yawn. Before him sat freshly-baked cookies…. bizarre offerings laced with spite. He raised an ancient bone trumpet to toot a haunting call, watching skeletons awaken to dance blindly under the shroud of eternal night.
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51 Words
This is “L’air des furies” from “Orphee et Eurydice” by Christoph Gluck
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