The sob of the cemetery
It was the third quarter of the night when Raghav went to the old graveyard of the village with his friends. There was deep silence and cold air all around. Suddenly, Raghav heard someone calling his name. He turned around, but there was no one there. Just then, the ground shook near his feet, as if someone was trying to pull him.
As Raghav turned back, his eyes widened—a hand was coming out of the grave. Its sobs echoed in Raghav’s ears, “Don’t leave me… I am still alive…”
Raghav, trembling with fear, tried to run away from there, but as soon as he took the first step, suddenly the graves started opening by themselves. Lifeless hands were coming out of every grave and moving towards Raghav, as if eager to drag him. A cold and skeletal finger caught his ankle. Raghav’s screams echoed in the graveyard, and then… everything suddenly became quiet.
When people reached the cemetery in the morning, there was no trace of Raghav. There were only dragging marks on the ground… and one of Raghav’s slippers, which was a testimony to his last step.