Thursday, 16 November 2017

Attractive Horrors

Attractive Horrors

   It was the eve of Halloween and the cold had settled in my bones. I had decided to setup a party in an old Victorian era mansion and was exploring it for the first time. I bounced towards the mansion; the aura of mystery surrounding it gave me a thrill.
    Withered bore oak trees guarded the building casted shadows that seemed like ghosts wherever the howling wind shook the trees. The sound of my feet crunching the dead leaves was the only sound that could be heard besides the occasional gust of whistling wind. I shivered when I saw a lone tombstone which had crumbled under the weight of age and time.
   I scurried towards the gray wooden steps that led to a rather prestigious, if not ancient, door. Small holes decorated the glass window in the door and as it open it creaked in protest. When I saw what seemed to be the living room, I was equally elated and frightened because the mansion was living up to my standards of a haunted house.
   The living area had glass littered everywhere. Cobwebs decorated every nook and cranny and I believe I saw a spider or rodent dash across the dark wooden floor boards. It was chiller on the inside than the outside so goose bumps pebbled my skin. Or maybe the goose bumps were from the strange adrenaline rush fear had given me? I walked towards the pitter patter of what I assumed was a leaky faucet…

By Kendra Mathaya,Year 10

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