The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street | A 100 Word Story

#250 The Twilight Zone S1 E22 3/4/1960

Everyone slowly left the comfort and safety of their homes on Maple Street. It was just after dark and the power had gone out. Typically, there would be no cause for concern except for the flash of lights that flew through the sky moments earlier. There was fear on everyone’s faces as they stared at the new neighbors, the Stanleys. 

No one saw them arrive. They were just there one morning. No moving van. No children. And no empty boxes waiting to be collected by the dustman.

The Stanleys worried about the lights too. They weren’t expecting company so soon.