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
Two young men, Nicholas and Adrian, were returning home after a late night out. As they passed through a lonely road, they saw an abandoned white house to their left. Just then, their vehicle stalled and stooped. Lightning flashed, clouds rumbled and rains came crashing down. Adrian got out and checked the engine. It was
There was once a poor farmer who had lost his crops and his money. One cloudy night, he was walking back home. A dusty black car stopped next to him. “Ronald, I can help you,” said the stranger. The farmer was stunned. He had not introduced himself. The stranger had a thick grey beard and
Sophie and her twin brother Sam climbed down the rope ladder into the deep dark well outside their house. They were following their mother. Of late, their mother had behaved very strangely. She was always in a foul temper. They clambered down, till they saw a tunnel. It led to a room. Through a wisp
Derek waited for Mr. Galsfield, his mathematics teacher, to come out of the school. Derek found him strange, so he decided to follow him. He kept a safe distance from Mr. Galsfield, who lived in an old house on the edge of town. Mr. Galsfield entered his house. Derek crept behind him and stood on
Tom, a young man, used to sell clothes. Once he took his pony and set off towards a remote village in the mountains. On his left, there were high black cliffs that towered over the pine trees on the right. It was a gloomy path, even at noon. As Tom entered a glen, the air