Bloody Martha
Bloody Martha
Point Of View: Third person omniscient
Verb Tense: Past
Distance: Close
Martha sits in the little futuristic bubble called a bus stop that supposedly protects one from the elements of the blizzard surrounding it. She can barely keep her eyes open due to her cats keeping her up all night so she decides to brave the storm and queue up for the bus as it rounds the corner. As she walks to the end of the line she notices how this snow storm feels different…the wind and flakes hit her as if they were tiny white pellets being shot through her at a remarkable speed. She grimaces from the pain and tears well up in her eyes. Everyone else seems to be taking it in stride but she is in a lot of pain and grows heavier and heavier as if the snow is embedding in her clothes, skin, and bones. She tries to turn around to make it back to the bubble bus stop, but the wind pushes too hard against her keeping her stilted. As the sidewalk cracks beneath her engulfing her feet and ankles slowly, so does her forehead which begins to trickle blood down her face. At this moment, she begins to scream for help. All of a sudden she opens her eyes, realizing she’s in the middle of a nightmare and screams, “Stop!,” just as her ex-husband, John, gets off the bus. He just looks at her and bellows out in a half-joking manner, “Crazy witch!” Martha had fallen alseep at the bus stop in a blizzard. She knew her day could only get better.