It was a cold stormy night. The house was still. I was lying in bed when I heard a series of knocks at the door. As I descended the stairs the knocks were getting louder and louder. I thought to myself‚ "Who could be at the door this late at night?" When I opened the door there was a tall man dressed all in black. He smelled of fish and looked like he just walked out of a mud pit. He was having car troubles and needed to use the phone. I invited him in and told him that the phone was down the hall
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The lake closed over her nose and mouth as Sara sucked in a lung-full of cold‚ black water. Sarah barely managed to get in another breath‚ she glimpsed quickly‚ she saw the dreadful red light of its eyes still shining accompanied by the horrifying howls. Sara felt her body beginning to tremble out of utter fear‚ for the beast was still pursuing her. Sarah took a deep breath of living restoring air‚ and submersed herself under the water. She began to swim further and further away from it‚ being very
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A chilling breath of wind assaulted her deadened cheeks for it was a rough night and the stars had cowardly hid away behind the dull‚ mute clouds. The predatory moon‚ bright and full; crept behind the cloudy sky stalking me as prey. Her voiceless shadow stumbled drunkenly as she battled through the hawkish rain to find shelter for the night. Her car had broken down a mile or so back. It had been hours since
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David turned his head and spat off the front porch. It had been a long day. It was good to be home. He turned the key‚ his brain releasing a little squirt of dopamine at the familiar sound of the coming relaxation‚ and waited on the next of the two sounds he heard every day at 5:30: Scruff banging against the door. There was no banging‚ though. No panting‚ either. Nothing at all to signify to dog even knew he was there. After a decade of driveway-key-door-dog‚ it was easy to notice the silence
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The rain fell down like tiny stones onto my head‚ it was only a light shower at the moment‚ but as I recall the weather reporter said there would be an intensive storm soon. That jogged my memory‚ I should get home quick before it gets any worse. As I was walking through the woods‚ sticking to my normal path‚ it hit me that the weather today has been awful‚ there was this heavy fog that prevented me seeing any further than 10 meters. It doesn’t bother my though because I know these woods like the
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Gothic Horror Story. “I will be home soon‚” said I‚ “before the rise of noon‚ just in time for tea mother.” And I hurried off after negotiating that I was old enough to go and see the wonders of the gloomy‚ haunted woods which many people had warned each other about. “Come back in time‚” said mother whilst cooking tea‚ and glanced at me with disapproval. My grim looking father sat‚ listening to the radio‚ with great eager. “Before you go daughter‚” he broke in‚ “make sure you take extra care as
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Kendall Hutchinson October 3‚ 2011 English 102 Steve Sparks Is The Amityville Horror True? Based on a reportedly true story‚ Jay Anson’s‚ The Amityville Horror‚ took the nation by storm. It caught the eye of people mainly because of the subtitle it carried: “A True Story”. Jay Anson wrote this book based on George and Kathleen Lutzes’ claims “that they and their three small children felt threatened from strong supernatural forces while living at 112 Ocean Avenue” (Osuna). However‚ aside from
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the southern part of the United States such as Texas and Florida‚ but New York and New Jersey are really not prepared for thus type of cyclones. They suffered even more than what snow storms have made them suffere‚ this is the cruel horror story of hurricane Sandy. After making a destructive path through the carribean sea Hurricane Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey on Octuber 29‚ 2012 and brought with it major flooding‚ travel interruptions‚ structural damage‚ and
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Earplugs Assignment While watching “American Horror Story”‚ I tried to piece together what was happening based on the facial expressions‚ body language‚ and overall tone of each image. Some scenes were easier than others. I found myself becoming frustrated when a scene would only consist of two people sitting and talking because it was almost impossible to understand. Although I did become frustrated during certain parts‚ I felt I was more aware of what the camera angles and cut scenes were portraying
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Oates short stories usually follow young characters through their struggles in life. There are many family imperfections in Oates stories that mostly tend to have a disturbing image in the readers head. While it seemed that Joyce Carol Oates experienced dark childhood experiences‚ she seems to explore her thoughts according to similar events that had happened in her life. Written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Spider Boy” is an example that highly defines gothic horror. Many of her works deal with violence
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