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Diner by Samantha Wymer
Thanksgiving Shocker contest entry
Artwork by Lucien van Oosten at FanArtReview.com

At a local diner, a group of friends gather for their annual Thanksgivings dinner to catch up and and enjoy the delicious food. The peaceful evening starts out with laugher filling the room, and suddenly the power goes out. The cold wind howls and the rain pours down from outside. They shrug it off as a simple power outage and continue with their dinner with lit candles, a sinster knock comes from outside the door. They think it might be a friend that's running late and they open the door to greet the friend. The friend stands at the door with a dreadful look spread across his face, with a gun pointed at his head by a man in a clown mask. "Everyone, get down on the ground!" The mask man shouts, waving the gun around. All the friends are frightened and does as the mask man demands, they get on the ground, frozen in place. One by one, the mask man takes their personal belongings. When the friends think that the man is finished and he will leave them in peace, he starts playing a twisted game of survival. Each person had a task to complete with a certain amount of time, or they would suffer the consequences. As the night goes on, the tasks became more intense and dangerous, while the mask man watches in amusement, enjoying the fear he's causing. Little did the mask man know, one of the friends managed to hide a phone, dialing 911, allowing the police to hear everything going on. After a few minutes, the police bust through the door, the lights come back on, and they restrain the mask man. All the friends huddle together in relief, and curious about who the mask man is. An officer removes the mask, and all the friends are stunned when they see the former manager of the diner. The man had been fired months ago for launching money, and he blamed them all him for going to jail. This Thanksgiving dinner give the man the perfect moment to seek revenge on the ones that told on him. All the friends vow that they won't let this night at the diner stop them from getting together for each annual Thanksgiving in the future. 

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