Short Story: The Salem Witch Trials

There was once a small town called Salem, it had been home to many witches, warlocks, supernatural ghosts and creatures that you would hear in many horror stories until one day all of them had been slaughtered and burnt down by the travellers who call themselves humans and settled down in this town of Salem and called it ‘Shadow valley’ which was situated in north Carolina. Centuries later, Shadow valley was like any normal town and its past histories of witches, ghosts, warlocks and so on, were long forgotten. Many of the families, who live here, were descendants of the travellers who had first settled down centuries ago. They were called to as the founding families since their great great grandfathers and grandmothers were the ones who had
He was new to town and his name was Alec Richardson. They were then both talking to one another when Alec asked if he should come by her house in case she felt really scared. Anna was reassured that he had asked and told him he could come if he’s parents let him go despite a serial killer being on the loose. He told her that he didn’t have any parents and lived with his uncle who doesn’t care if he goes out or not. Anna felt surprised and apologetic that he didn’t have any parents. They both then hung up as Anna waited for Alec to knock on the door. There was a knock on the door and Anna got her keys out to retrieve the locks and allow Alec to come in. He stayed with her for over an hour and Anna told him that she wasn’t scared anymore so he could leave if he wanted. So Alec decided to leave and they both said goodbye to one another, when there was that eerie sense in the house again. She headed for the kitchen to go eat something and her dog followed her. On her way back from the kitchen, there was a knock on the outside window, she followed the sound and saw a masked serial killer with a knife in one hand and looked like he wanted to slit her throat
There was nothing. The police had asked her if she had imagined it and she said she had been sure that there was someone outside. The police reassured her and told her she might be hallucinating because she was home alone. The police then decided to leave. After they had left, Anna found herself standing as still as a statue with her mouth gaping open behind the sofa where she had been standing when she saw the masked serial killer outside. There was a knife and blood on the floor. Anna felt her neck, tiny droplets of blood was falling from her neck. The masked serial killer had not been outside the house. It turns out she had been looking at the reflection of the masked guy as he was standing behind her…inside the house. She carried her dog and ran to the phone again, only this time the phone lines and cords had been ripped, breaking her connection to the police and her parents. Anna was really scared now. She slowly headed upstairs and looked through all the rooms on the upstairs floor. There was no one to be found in any of the rooms. She told herself that it was going to be okay, that her parents will be home soon. She looked at the clock, it was 11’o’clock