**The storm had knocked out the power hours ago, leaving me and my younger sister, Emily, huddled in the candlelit living room. The wind howled through the trees, and the old house groaned like a living thing.**

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**Then came the knock.**

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**A slow, deliberate rapping at the front door. Three taps. A pause. Then three more.**

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**I held my breath, exchanging a terrified glance with Emily...

It's raining tonight, makes it hard for people to see the person that could be lurking in the shadows waiting to jump out and attack. The streets are getting dangerous especially for young girls to walk home. I pick up my pace hoping the splashes beneath my feet don't alert anyone close by. I keep my eyes ahead and carefully side eye all the shadows in between each building and alley. A bolt of li...

I'm cold, I am always cold now...it has seeped into my veins , into my bones, into my very being. I have made this corner of the room my own, it feels the most warm, the most safe.

I know I am not safe, I think maybe I am just used to it. The constant tests, the needles, and the incessant beeping beeping BEEPING all the time...

I don't remember my family, I think I had one but since I have been...

This is where it ends, right here in the grass with the cool breeze brushing against my face. My entire existence has come down to this very moment, of all the places I could have gone this had to be it. The drums in the distance sync to the beat of my heart, my tears dry on my cheeks as I quietly begin to cry. I had to be stubborn and independent and take this trip alone into the wilderness...I m...

I had driven down this road many times, It was how I had gotten to work everyday. I opt for this route cause the trees on either side are much better to look at than a boring highway full of cars. I work a regular 9-5 job with little to no excitement, but I do make good money. Just showing up to work looking good in a suit and acting confident while ass kissing your boss does wonders.

I have a ...

It started with one at our farmhouse, she got off a bus and asked for our help, we helped cause she was old, she thanked us then she left. But one thing was different after she left, It only takes one small change for it to start. That is how they get you, they change something when you are not looking, It could be a new object that wasn't there before or they will change something you already own...

March 6th 1992

I heard the noise again, I don't know what it is but it appears to be coming from the attic. This is the second night that I have been woken up by it, when I asked Mom and Dad about it they laughed and said I was probably dreaming.

I pinched myself to make sure I was awake and I definitely was. The noise is a very light scratching, but not like from an animal or anything but as i...

Death gave me a flower today

I said no thank you and turned him away.

He looked at me wth saddened eyes,

As if my rejection sent him to his demise.

Death gave me a flower today,

I laughed at him putting him on display.

A single tear ran down his boney cheek,

As if his hollow eye socket sprung a tiny leak.

Death gave me a flower today,

In front of all his friends in the sick bay.

I grabbed t...

All the outside noises had vanished, it was quiet again. Amelie sat on the dirty mattress on the floor staring a the static on the Tv, it was the only possession she was allowed to have besides a thin torn blanket.

Most of the time the tv didn't work but every now and again a picture would come through suddenly and vanish just as quick. The stone walls of the cellar were damp and cold, it soake...