Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.  -Lewis Carroll

      Crackling and popping, like popcorn but much more sinister. Tapping tiptoes against wooden boards, the group of small children whispered in the dark. 

      Each with a face that looked like it had seen a battle field. Perhaps they had. Crackle, pop, an eary rattling noise from above, below, and all around. Maybe th...