BEHIND THE FRAME

✅ **🩸 *Behind the Frame* – Short Horror Story**

Lisa loved collecting old paintings. One evening, she found an **antique portrait** of a woman with **pale eyes and a cold smile** at a flea market. The vendor hesitated before selling it, muttering, *"She watches."*

That night, Lisa hung the painting in her living room. As she admired it, she felt an odd **chill**. The woman’s **eyes seemed to follow her**. Dismissing it as her imagination, she went to bed.

At **3:00 AM**, a **faint scratching** sound woke her. It came from the **painting**. Heart pounding, she switched on the light. The woman’s **smile was wider now**. Her **hand**, once resting in her lap, now pointed **outside the frame**—toward Lisa.

Lisa **froze**. Then, the **scratching intensified**. The sound of **nails against wood** echoed through the room. The painting’s **canvas rippled**, as if something **behind it was trying to get out**.

Slowly, the woman’s **fingers** pushed through the frame, **elongating unnaturally**. Lisa screamed and ran to grab a knife, slashing at the canvas. **Silence.**

The painting **fell to the floor**, revealing a **hole in the wall behind it**—a **dark, narrow passageway**. And inside, staring back at her, was the **real woman** from the painting… **smiling.**

📸 *The lights flickered off. A final scream. Then silence.*