This is the last part of a circular horror trilogy. The parts can be read individually, and in any order. The first part published is called Letters, the second Memories.
Jimmy was playing with a stick down by the little stream at the edge of the forest when he saw something move in the air further down between the trees. It was flapping, like a butterfly. It had a strange glow around it. It was beautiful. He dropped his stick and started following the stream downwards. It was difficult with all the slippery rocks, some of them moved when he stepped on them.
The little creature landed on a log. He hurried up, to see if he could catch it. Just when he was about to come close enough to see what it was, it flew off again.
It landed again, on a strange little rock. It looked like someone had placed it there. Just beside it there was a little square, where the vegetation was a bit different, as if a hole had been dug there a long time ago.
The bug flew down to the well and landed.
Jimmy stopped. He wasn’t supposed to go near the old well. No one ever did.
He looked up towards the house. He couldn’t see anyone there. The well could be seen from the window, but his father had gone into town, and his mother was probably out on the other side, taking care of her flowers.
He looked at the well again. The bug was gone.
He heard something. A strange sound. A voice. It sounded like a little boy, just like him. Calling. But what was he doing in the well?
He walked closer. The well was taller than him, he had to climb up to be able to see. He could put his feet between the rocks like a ladder. He looked over the edge. There was something down there. Floating in the dark water. He leaned over to see better. It was a boy, floating face down.
A sound behind him. A moan.
He turned around.
A shadow of a man. His face dark of pain and remorse. His eyes full of regret and sorrow. Jimmy let out a little scream. He moved away from it, towards the edge of the well.
He fell.
The cold water surrounded him, he didn’t know up from down. He touched a stone wall. He grasped for air as his head reached the surface. He saw the circular wall going up towards the sky far above. He held on to it, tried to climb. It was too slippery.
Hands. They grabbed him from behind. He turned around. A face. A horrible face of panic and despair. Deception of loved ones. Hurt. It put its arms around him. Clung onto him in a hug as cold as the water, desperate for recognition. Pulled him down.
His lungs were filled with water as he screamed.
http://www.shortnscarystories.com/she-drowned-her-only-little-girl-in-the-well/
http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=22972
Fictionspawn 
Poor little Jimmy. It was nice to see this ‘middle part’ of the story, a blank gap filled in. I finally know how Jimmy died.
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You do. The circle is complete. Thanks a lot for reading.
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The perfect finale!
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Thanks a lot!
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Good story, FicSpa!
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Thanks! You had quite an accurate prediction yesterday 🙂
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Nice way to end this one. Really enjoyed this story. Looking forward to more of these 😊
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Thank you. There probably will be more of this kind of sad, tragic horror later. I like working with them.
You might like this one: https://fictionspawn.com/2018/01/06/dark-river/
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I remember that one, and really enjoyed it. And it’s good to know that more of this is coming 😊😊
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Excellent ending to this trillogy!
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Thanks a lot, Magarisa!
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Aaaaaw poor Jimmy
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Yes. Poor Jimmy. Quite a tragic family story this one.
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Fantastic story and illustration. Love your style! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice, I like the order you posted the stories in, filling in the blanks.
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Thanks! Just pulled you out of the spam filter there, good thing you noticed. The story kind of changes if you read them in another order, too. I kind of like thinking of the first one as the last 🙂
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It was a wise piece of advice to stay away from the well.
As Jimmy found out.
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Sure was. Listen to your parents, kids! Unless your name’s Fritjof, that is…
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😳!!!
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Poor little Jimmy…
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I kind of figured it wasn’t going to end well (no pun intended) for Jimmy.
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You might have read the first one in the series, it starts where this one leaves off. It’s called Letters. Each episode fills in gaps in the other stories.
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No, I read them out of order, alas. Trying to clean up my sadly neglected Inbox.
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The order doesn’t matter, but it affects how you read the story. I like the order you’ve read it in.
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