LUCKY NO. 7

I started today's post with a quote that I found on Facebook, that I think is quite apt for the story I am about to share with you. The name of the story is Lucky No. 7. I wrote it for a supernatural literature class I did last year.

The guidelines for the story were that it must be set locally and have one of the following tropes/elements of the weird/supernatural genre; The Ghost, The Bad Place/Haunted House or Locale, The Vampire, The Doppelganger, Cosmic Horror, The Zombie.The terror in the story could either be internal or external.

My story is set in Port Of Spain, around the Savannah. The tropes/elements of the weird/supernatural present in my story are The Bad Place/Haunted House or Locale and the idea of the doppelganger. The terror in Lucky No. 7 is internal.

  A doppelganger — also written "doppelgaenger" or "doubleganger" — is quite simply a double. It can be a ghost or physical apparition, but it is usually a source of psychological anxiety for the person who sees it. The word comes from the German Doppelgänger, literally meaning "double-goer," and has found widespread use in popular culture. (wisegeek.com)

Earlier I stated that Lucky No. 7 contains the idea of the doppelganger, I used the word idea because it is not exactly what a doppelganger is although it is a source for psychological anxiety in the person, namely the mother, who sees it.

The link below will take you to the story.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_eKOq9mvv-GdXJMX3Yxa19iMFE