RE: STACH Short Story Contest #3: 199 Words-10SBD prize pool!
The Girl on the Road
Josef had decided to go out with his girlfriend Karen to visit his grandmother, Marta. She lived on the outskirts of the city, in a secluded village called Esmeralda. Because the town was a 4-hour drive from the city, Josef wanted to leave early, but because of his work he left late, around midnight. The road to climb the mountain was full of dangerous curves and was a dark and lonely road.
Josef and Karen were on their way to town, when in the distance they saw a young woman with black hair and dressed in what looked like a wedding dress. The woman made signs with her hand. Karen asked Josef to stop the car and help the strange woman, it was around 3am and alone on a desert road could not leave her there abandoned. The woman got into the car, and the instant she did, Josef and Karen felt shivers. The woman did not speak, but shortly after starting the car and resuming the road when I looked in the rearview mirror the woman had vanished ... Josef accelerated his car like crazy to the town.