Creative Writing: The House Of Terror

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It was a dark winter night when the Narrator received a text from a man that he had been friends with since college. He was happy that he was going to get to see his friend, but the location where his friend told him to meet him was the House of Terror. The House of Terror was a large old house that had been in his friends family for years. The house stood alone on the hill and the closes house to it was miles away. Once he was at the House of Terror his friend sent him a text saying that he was going to be late because he had something he had to take care of. As he looked up at the house, it has a dingy grey color, paint-flaked and neglected, its windowpanes smeary with age and dirt, it's brickwork crumbling away. The path to the door was …show more content…

He went up to the house and as he opened the door slowly it made a loud screeching noise. Once he was inside the house, a musty, dank order creep into his nose. The house was dead silence except for the intermittent creaks and moans. Black and brown mold dotted the ceiling in clusters, evident of rain leaking through the roof. He quietly entered the dark living room. Windows covered with grime and dirt, the calm moonlight struggled to penetrate the darkness in thin thread rays. The sofa and chairs overturned revealing deep grooves on the ground where they used to sit. Wallpaper lay curled on the floor. Picture frames hanged off-centered. A misplaced grand bookcase stood the corner of the room, undisturbed for a long time. Selecting the correct book could’ve revealed a secret doorway into the chambers where all the secrets lie in the House of Terror. As he made his way back into the hallway, a slimmer of light came from behind a door. He approached the door and opened it. The dust swirled around the room as he made his way …show more content…

The Narrator was kind of terrified because he was in the house where his friends father and the boy had disappeared. Also, he was furious because his friend had never told him that his father had disappeared. He then started to wonder if the boy in the picture was his friends brother who had disappeared along with his father. He was ready to find out more about the house and if there was anything else his friend was hiding from him. As he set the newspaper back down on the table there was a loud bang that came from the second floor. He arrived at the foot of the staircase. He stood and peered at the top, wondering if there was something upstairs. He summoned strength and tiptoed his way up the stairs. Each step intensified the moaning and creaking as if the steps could collapse at any moment. He turned to the right, and met his final destination. The door did not give way easier, a forceful push was needed. Stepping inside, a dresser seem to have been pushed against the door, attempting to deny anyone entry. He could make out the outline of bed, edging in closer for a better

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