For many years, people thought that the sleepy little town of Windy Hill was a dark and mysterious place. The town sat in a hollow, surrounded by mossy forest of weeping willows and fir trees, where the autumn and winter winds would shriek and howl like the many wild animals that roamed its hills.
The legend has it, that deep within the forest is a place called Hangman’s Gorge. It is said that twelve witches met their doom at the gorge one Hallows night many, many years ago. Since then, there had been rumors that the ghost witches walked the forest on Hallows night, chanting spells and bestowing nightmares on the towns people below. It was known that every decade or so, someone would disappear deep within the dense forest near Hangman’s Gorge and never return — all except for Thomas Fitzpatrick.
Thomas lived with his family in a two story house in Windy Hill. He had a little brother names Frankie and a dog named Max. One autumn morning, Thomas jumped out of bed and stared out the window at the quiet cobblestone streets below. Leaves the colors of a brilliant sunset glided and danced along the streets edge, playing a rustling tune. Thomas smiled, he couldn’t wait to see the vending trucks pulling up outside, and the town folks hurrying about as they prepared the streets for the Festival Of Ghouls.
Gurgle, gurgle...gurgle.
Thomas stared down at his stomach. It roared as loud as a lion, after three days of unsuccessful hunting. He wasn’t sure if it was due to the smell of eggs and bacon drifting up to his nostrils from the kitchen, or the thought of the mouthwatering caramel apples and hot apple dumplings that would be sold at the festival. Regardless, he was hungry, and knew that he would be the first one at the kitchen table when h...
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... back door. Max, who had been waiting for him on the porch, followed him to the side of the shed where a large garbage can sat. Thomas placed the bag in the can, and then covered it with the lid.
“Come on Max, let’s get you some breakfast.”
Max wagged his tail and followed Thomas to the house.
Thomas scooped a cup full of delicious morsels into Max’s bowl, and then laid it on the floor next to his water dish. Max instantly ran to his bowl, and began chomping down the food.
Thomas patted Max on the head.
“Wow! You were as hungry as I was. Be a good boy and I’ll see you later.”
Just as Thomas was opening the door to leave, his mother called out in a loud voice.
“Be back before lunch Thomas.”
Thomas clenched his teeth. The last thing he wanted, was for Frankie to come flying down the stairs begging to go.
“I will,” mumbled Thomas, and then quickly slipped out the door.
Hysteria took over the town and caused them to believe that their neighbors were practicing witchcraft. If there was a wind storm and a fence was knocked down, people believed that their neighbors used witchcraft to do it. Everyone from ordinary people to the governor’s wife was accused of witchcraft. Even a pregnant woman and the most perfect puritan woman were accused. No one in the small town was safe.
"You know what? I don't feel very hungry anymore. Why don't you take that pizza back?" I asked.
“Lauren! Let’s go!” My mom yelled from the bottom of the stairs, interrupting my thoughts.
They had left the cardboard boxes in the back of the car. Connie Drywood huddled behind the steering wheel and stared through the windshield, presumably at a house, with a flat expression across her face as if it were every other house in America. By now she was used to the middle of nowhere. Dead leaves swooned in the yard. Loose shutters banged in the windows. It was November, a cold day and the house, with its slanted roof and yellow siding, looked a bit like an oversized wedge of cheddar cheese.
He washed a mouthful of hardtack down his throat with a tin of boiled water. The biscuits tasted like dry cardboard, but he had grown accustomed to it. He'd hardly had a choice. After all, where could he find any other source of nourishment these days? He wrapped the leftovers in a clean, silk cloth, leaving them for dinner. The meagre meal did little to sate his hunger, but he'd learned to ignore the constant grumbling of his stomach. On...
He was left with no girl, no friends, and an empty stomach. Remembering Cecy had made him a sandwich, he retreated to the kitchen and took the biggest bite he possibly could. As he chewed, he could sense something wasn’t right. He felt something sharp and foreign in his mouth and started choking. The sandwich dropped to the floor and he started gasping for breath.
There was a flash of lightning and immediately after a bloodcurdling howl from the old man's cabin. I lunged back to my chair in front of the fire. The sound lingered in my ears for a unfavorable amount of time, and it echoed awfully in the warm night air. Although, a moment later, everything stopped. The night was again quiet and dark, except for the buzz of the rain. I immediately bustled toward my children's rooms, only to find them fast asleep. I consequently ran to my husband, who was lucky enough to have the same pleasure. I awoke him in a panic, but he told me I was dreaming and that I needed to go back to bed. Nevertheless, I raced out to the barn and galloped my horse toward town. It was a half an hour's ride during the ungodly course of the morning, but it was going to be worth every moment of it when I knew that my children would be safe from what or whoever caused such a commotion. I strode into the ghost-like town, only to find one storefront light up; the police station. The light flooded from the window into the street, and made the rain glisten. I tied my horse in front of the station, and cautiously walked up the creaking steps, which the fog hindered my view to some extent. I hurriedly opened the door, giving more and more light to the street as I rushed inside.
The next day, it was the same temperature as yesterday and William stuffed his sandwich into his suffocating locker… again. Lunch time quickly came and William grabbed his sandwich from his locker. Inside the sandwich was hiding the Food Poisoner from yesterday, but little did William know that his body was in danger of having a stomach ache once the sandwich has entered his body.
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Cora was relieved to have finally reached her rented house. She turned off the ignition and hauled her luggage out the boot. The two story house loomed over her. Cobwebs clung to every corner of the porch. A fine layer of dust was on the balcony. It looked nothing alike the photo the real estate agent had shown her. An owl suddenly hooted and broke the silent night sky. Her heart was thumping out of her chest. She slid the key in the lock and the door slowly creaked open. The sound was a pain to her ears but she continued. Cora was so sleep deprived she instantly dozed off as her head touched the pillow on the
After a minute of silence, words finally came out from his mouth. He ordered her to get out of his house and never come back again.
While Grandpa kept bringing more and more food fit to feed an army, I was bouncing in my seat when my stomach decided to growl as loud as a rabid dog. Everybody had a hyena laugh like this day was never going to end and my face was turning into a squashed tomato Grandpa Ralph finally finished bringing all the food out and we got to eat. “Bark!” Flash said goodbye and ran back home since it was also his time for lunch.
My dad turned on the stove and started his new bagel "creation.” Tired, I leaned agi, but super excited. It was nice to be able to cook on the first day, I could take my mind off of things. Like my worries about middle school. The fears looming above me, waiting. Cooking was an excellent distraction from that.
“No need, you have done plenty for my family thank you so much.” and the man ran to the cart and started to cook some waffles.
On the cold morning of December twenty-third at about six-thirty I heard an extremely loud knocking noise at the door of my house. My mom awoke as startled as myself and reached the door shortly before I could. The big fake wood door swings open with a cold breeze to reveal Derek, my big brother who was accompanied by his girlfriend and daughter that had just made it into town from California. Kaydence, Derek’s daughter was extremely excited and started running making a kind of