Peter was spending his Christmas holidays at his uncle’s mansion. One early morning, Peter heard a melodious song. Curious, he followed the song to reach wooden stairs that led to the uppermost floor of the mansion. Though his uncle had warned him to stay away from that floor yet he couldn’t resist climbing up. The […]
Joe had heard strange tales about his close neighbour, an old lady, who lived all alone. One night, Joe heard strange noises coming from the old lady’s house. All curtains were pulled down and there were murky shadows of people dancing around the fire. Suddenly, everyone vanished. Just then, Joe saw a broom hanging above
While playing with his dog in the backyard of his house, Evan felt a strange sensation. The wind started blowing swiftly and the birds became silent. The atmosphere was suddenly charged with tension. Just then, Evan noticed a tiny figure zooming past him and disappearing somewhere. Before he could fathom what was happening, his dog
Ryan had shifted to a new neighbourhood in the city. There was a beautiful red brick bungalow across the street. “Don’t go there; the bungalow is haunted by evil spirits,” warned his new friends. On a dark stormy evening, Ryan saw a little boy waving out to him from the bungalow. Out of curiosity, he
Charlie had bought a scary head mask for a Halloween party in his school. He wore the mask and walked to school. Suddenly, Charlie felt thirsty. To his astonishment, it was not water that he wanted to quench his thirst with. Just then, he smelled an animal’s flesh. He looked around to find a ferocious
One night, Henry was about to lie down on his bed. Just then, he saw a green light emanating from the box in his bed. He eyes widened with fear to see a crooked goblin sitting there, eating rancid flesh. The goblin sneered at Henry with his jagged teeth. Henry wanted to scream but no
Gary and his parents were vacationing at a lake-side holiday cottage. One night, Gary saw some ripples in the lake and thought that it was a frog. A few minutes later, he heard a melodious whistling echo from the lake. Bewildered, he followed the whistling sound, which slowly changed to a creepy sound, as he
She had silvery grey hair. Her long curved dirty talons were pointed towards him. Her eyes glinted blue below her bushy eyebrows and she smiled in a ghastly manner. Eric tried to scream, but her scrawny, shrivelled hand pressed against his mouth. The other hand pressed his chest. It hurt him. The clock struck three.
An old woman lived in a little hut in a village. She had a little red hen. The woman loved her hen very much. Every day, she would feed the hen mixed corn and let her out in the courtyard. The hen would walk around, pecking at bugs and insects. Then she would lay an
Pip’s family had moved to a big, two-storey house. It had huge empty rooms and wooden floors. One evening when Pip came home from school, the house was dark. “Mom, Sheryl,” he called out. “Tralalaa,” his sister’s voice boomed from upstairs, accompanied by piano music. He wondered when his sister, Sheryl, had learnt to play
Harry looked at the placid lake. This was the perfect campsite, peaceful and beautiful. He recalled that the earlier campers had been scared and had left quickly. What could be wrong with this peaceful scene? Harry pitched his tent, spread out a mat, opened his picnic basket and ate a leisurely lunch. He watched herons
Terry and his cousin Greg rowed towards the swamp. “Look,” said Greg. A decayed boat lay between two rotting tree stumps. “My uncle told me that children who got lost in swamps were cursed to live there forever,” said Greg. “Let’s go back now,” said Terry scared. The children turned back, but their boat ground
Dorothy’s mother had warned her not to buy anything from Mrs. Growell’s shop, but the cookies had smiley faces on them. Dorothy happily bought them. At home, Dorothy bit into one cookie. Weird! The smiley faces were frowning. It tasted terrible, so she threw all of them away. At night, she dreamt that the cookies
Larry had moved into a new house near the edge of the village. Many said the house was haunted, but it had come too cheap to resist. One day, Larry went to the attic. He was flipping through some old books, when he heard a faint rapping sound. Was it his imagination? ‘Rap, rap.’ This
A hunter went to the forest one day. He was a skilled archer and all the animals were afraid of him. They ran away and hid in burrows and dens whenever they saw him. But a tiger was feeling very brave that day. He decided to stay back and fight with the hunter. The hunter