A Drip in the Dark

Drip, drip, drip was all that could be heard through the house and was driving the man into a state of insomnia. The man kept twisting and turning in his bed, doing all he could to drive out the irritating noise.

The man eventually got infuriated by this noise that he left the warm embrace of his bed and into the freezing night. The man walked across the pitch black house accompanied by the steady pitter-patter of his fluffy slippers. Whilst walking to inspect this nuisance of a tap the man felt as if someone or more something was watching his movements in the night.

He reached his bathroom which the repetitive dripping sound and switched on the light which only gave a small pop sound and barely a spark of light. The man groaned at the broken light bulb and continued to the sink which the dripping had strangely stopped dripping. Confused and aggravated the man pulled his head back and just before he left the dripping started again and was followed by a low growl from behind…