It was a dark and stormy night on October 31st. Trees were blowing side to side. All the little children were out trick-or-treating and they knew to stay away from the famous haunted house.

Unfortunately, Brian didn't know about the history of the house. The people he was with dared him to go into the house alone. As he walked up to the old stone house he could hear lots of noises. The wooden shutters banged and the wind whistled as he reached the front door.

Brian walked inside the house and could only hear creepy sounds coming from within. As he turned around the door behind him closed and locked him inside. He ran through the house screaming as he noticed a dead body with a knife in his chest. Something touched him, so he turned around slowly only to see a man. It was the owner of the house, which was the dead body he had seen. Now the owner wanted to pass the knife on so he could rest in peace. He wanted to kill Brian.

After that Halloween night the haunted house was boarded up so no one could enter the house ever again.

© 2007 Jacqueline S. Original for CCF  (Jacqueline S. grants CCF  first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).

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