The door creaked open, revealing a long forgotten room. Hesitance filled the orphan’s stomachs but that feeling soon wore off. Hand in hand, they inched forward.

Tattered walls covered in remnants of cobwebs and dust still shown the yellowing wallpaper that was decorated with tulips and daisies. The children stood still in the entry way taking in each detail fervently.

“Why do you think they had...

Oh sure. When I first moved into this house, every creak and groan of the ancient woodwork would set me on edge. I could never decide if it was ghosts, intruders, or some animal slinking through my house. These days, it’s all just background noise. I hardly notice it anymore. But this one… this one stood out. It didn’t help that it was preceded by the loud crash of the shelf I swore I was gonna fi...

I stand in the kitchen of this old, run down house. “Why I did I agree to this?” I thought studying the blue prints to this place. The house is filled with all kind of stranger noises. “I should just knock this down and count it as a loss,” I thought listening to my surrounds. A few seconds later I heard a noise I never heard before, “What the hell?” I questioned. “There was it again,” I thought, ...

Things had been tense in the house the last few months after Janet had caught Jack cheating on her. They had been working through their issues but the air was thick between them and couldn’t seem to see no way out of divorce. The morning that it happened they had just gotten done with a huge fight.

“What the hell do you mean you can never forgive me, do you remember what you did two years ago to ...

Three children decided one day to explore the house at the end of the road, the one that no one has been in for over 20 years. No one has lived there, no one has fixed it up, no one’s taken care of it. They ran around to the back of the large, dark building, trampling weeds on their way through. They convinced the oldest of them to open the door, the large, wooden door swung open with a loud shudd...

It had been years since Emily had seen this room with her own eyes. It had appeared so many times in her nightmares she sometimes thought maybe it originated from inside some deep place there, locked away to only escape when her waking mind was otherwise occupied. Of course, if that were true then it all hadn’t happened. If it all hadn’t happened then she wouldn’t have run away, none of the things...

The door creaked open, revealing a long-forgotten hallway. Dust and cobwebs filled the musky space. A foul odor wafted from the passage way on a stale wind, kicking dust up into Kevin’s eyes. He coughed and fanned the air, turning back to the rest of his remodel crew.

“This certainly wasn’t on the master floor plans,” his coworker Ralph remarked.

“No shit,” Kevin quipped, turning on the lig...

Charlie stood facing the door for an eternity, expecting the next step to get easier, but it didn’t. Something welled up in his chest, just above his heart and below his neck. It wasn’t exactly pain and it wasn’t exactly love. Thanks to Dr. Thornton, he realized that it was a longing for days past. Charlie often thought that life before therapy had been easier. He didn’t have to acknowledge all of...

The door creaked open, revealing a long forgotten room.

Julia walked inside, breathing hard, scared to fall through the floor. She walked slowly, steadily. She saw a torn chair and a picture of a old lady on the wall. This was a old place, she thought. She started taking things, when she heard a groan. “Aaooouuurrrrrgggg” was the groan. She heard it in the right direction. She realized that ther...

the door creaked open,

rupturing the superficial silence.

dust danced on the sunlight,

like tiny woodland fairies.

the musty sent of old books and comfort

filled the air.

the floorboards creek beneath bare feet as i breach the undiluted atmosphere.

the wallpaper, the color of faded forests remembered through foggy memories, rolls itself off the walls.

heavy over stuffed bookshelves lean on t...