19 de gener del 2020

A Red Pomegranate


One day, a new special girl came at school. She was called Alison. She had been adopted by a family. Now, she had two siblings. Her new family was pretty and happy with her, but she hid some secrets.

Every night, while her parents were sleeping, Alison ate a red mature pomegranate and then she went out to the city. Some days later, the local government realised that some people had disappeared.

After some investigations, the police discovered that one monster had killed that people. One night, Alison’s parents saw that she jumped through the window. They went after her. What they watched, terrified them!

She killed a man with her eyes. Pomegranates gave her eyes strong powers to kill people. Then,her parents called the police. 

They decided to gather strong people to kill the monster. But they needed to wear a mask to protect their eyes.

At the end , they won and could kill the monster.

Actually, Alison wasn’t a girl. She was a horrible monster. After that horrible events, nobody in the city has ever eaten a pomegranate again.


Marta Carles Favà
Escola El Temple, Tortosa


*Conte premiat en la categoria de primària en el X Concurs de microrelats de terror 2019, organitzat per la biblioteca de l'Institut Cristòfol Despuig.