H is for Haunted

Apr 9
NabanitaDhar
“I don’t want to go there” said Siri while walking reluctantly with her cousin Dean towards the uninhabited house beyond the stream.

“Oh come on Siri. It’s just a house” Dean quipped as they trampled upon bushes “Don’t tell me you are scared?”

“Of-course I’m scared!” Siri retorted as they approached the house through the old dwindling bridge on the river “Why would you want to go there anyways? I shouldn’t have come with you!”

“Oh relax!” sighed Dean as they stood there for sometime looking at the house in ruins, rumored to be haunted. The eerie silence of the surrounding heavy air around them was broken when Dean suddenly cried “Did you hear that?”

“Hear what?” said Siri alarmed as she looked from right to left to see what her cousin could be talking about. He looked genuinely startled and Siri was even further convinced it was a mistake going there.

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“I think there’s someone inside” mumbled Dean while briskly making his way towards the house.

“Let’s go back” whispered Siri as she found herself unable to move out of fear.

But Dean still entered the house shutting the door behind him with a thud as Siri looked on for about fifteen minutes, waiting for him to come out.

Finally losing patience she entered the house and almost had a heart attack when she heard a bunch of people scream “Surprise! Happy B’day Siri!”

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H is for feeling Haunted….and that’s the tone of today’s tale…


Linking this post for A to Z Challenge. As I promised in the theme reveal post, as part of the Challenge I’m going to write short stories with one or more emotions beginning with the alphabet of the day as the prompt or central idea for the post. Hope you enjoy the challenge!

Linking this to UBC too.

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48 thoughts on “H is for Haunted”

  2. Ooops…. I was in two minds when I read the title as I am having some nightmares these days, these nights… and what an ending… loved it. Thank you for not scaring me at midnight.

  5. I think I'd get a heart attack if that happened. Not a very memorable birthday for them then 😛

  11. Don't like haunted houses or horror movies. Never have. I think some people enjoy getting scared, don't you? But this turned out to be a wonderful surprise!!

  15. Oh this was a pleasant surprise, I don't know how I would react in such a situation

    Plot twist: they were all the dead relatives and friends?

  17. OMG ! I almost thought we had a connection today, me writing on horror and u penning a haunted story
    Thank U for the twist : ) 🙂
    I couldnt sleep yest

  28. Thank God it was just a B'day surprise and nothing more sinister. Although the surprise was more of a shock 🙂

  30. Like Aditi said – this is the stuff great birthday stories are made of. I wonder if Siri would ever get a better surprise!

  37. Such shocking surprises could take away someone's breaths….but the scene created an eerie throughout….good one

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