Tag: haunting

  • I’ll Follow You Into the Dark 

    When the sun goes down  At the end of the day  The birds go silent and the fireflies appear  The bears came out to play  Roaring fires and brightly shining stars  Spirits come out to show their wild side  Booing, scaring, jumping, seething  Haunting is their source of pride  I will follow wherever you may…

  • Footprints

    When I saw the muddy footprints crossing the newly mopped kitchen floor, I was initially furious.  But when I saw the message on the wall, I thought I was hallucinating.  My neighbor had departed from this life six months before and I had yet to fully accept his death.  But the message had to be…

  • The Shell Collection

    PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  The shell collection was something I knew I needed to get rid of, but knowing and doing were two different things.  I knew I could let my past go by dumping the shells, but could I live with myself after the deed was done?  What would my mother think?  Did…

  • The Haunting

    I knew the house was haunted from the moment I set foot inside. I had always been sensitive to the paranormal and despite my brother saying it was because I had been dropped on the head as a child, I knew I was special. I had been studying witchcraft and was beginning to understand my…

  • Home Alone

    “We’re not alone,” my sister whispered in the middle of the night.  She crawled into my bed like she had done most nights in the last week.  You would think, at ten years old, one little ghost story would not scare her as much as the Boogeyman. My father had grown up loving scary stories…

  • The Stranger

    When the man first appeared outside my house, I had an inkling I knew him.  Or had least seen him before.  But I couldn’t pin down where I knew him from.  He looked like any other blue-collar worker I saw around town, but the fact he was standing on the sidewalk and staring at my…

  • The Graveyard

    As I tiptoed through the cemetery, I was pretty sure someone was watching me. I was certain no one had followed me so whoever it was must have already been here. Waiting.  If I could only get to the other side of the cemetery and to the street, I knew I could make it out.…

  • The Underworld

    When the fingers gripped my arm in the darkness, I screamed. I knew Harvey had told me to be quiet, but the fingers were so cold. So thin. So… I don’t know. I screamed until Harvey’s hand clamped over my mouth.  “What is it this time? Have you forgotten we are being hunted?” He whispered…

  • The Big Reveal

    “Reveal yourself!”  Scott pointed at the closet and used his loudest voice for his command.  If I wasn’t so scared, I probably would have started giggling.  I knew something or someone was in the closet.  There had been noises all week, but every time Scott and I had checked, nothing and nobody was there.  Like…

  • Gratitude

    I wanted to feel an overwhelming crash of gratitude, but could only trigger disappointment.  The wave crashed harder with each passing day.  Adam had to notice me and with each glance he seemed to look right through me.  There was never a smile, never a lingering glance, nothing.  All I had really wanted was to be his…