55 Alive.

My mate Sean recently set a challenge on his blog for readers to come up with their best Ghost Story.

The catch was it could only be 55 words long, excluding the title.

Here's my effort. It didn't win.

He found it inside a book in his grandfather’s library. An ebony figurine, buried in a paper grave.
There was some writing carved into its back: his name, today’s date, and a time.
He looked at his watch. That time was now.
He heard a noise behind him. He didn’t have time to turn round.