All Stars Must Go Out

I felt no regret as I heard it smash into tiny fragments. What good was a lamp when light ceased to exist? My mother swept the pieces to the side of the hearth and sat by my bed. As I tilted up my head to look upon that expression of love and concern, nothing but darkness gazed down on me. It was a poignant reminder that I would never see her face again; that I would never see her laugh or cry with the sheer joy of the journey. When I asked her if all beauty was lost, I heard a gentle sigh as she pulled me into her arms. She told me the one thing that can never be taken from a human is the power to choose my response; to change myself in an unchangeable situation.

There was a boy that lived in a small town. He had no family and did not go to school, he lived in a house alone and had only one friend, she had never seen his face and would leave home at 5 p.m. To bring him food and talk to him every day. He doesn’t go outside because whenever he went outside, he would see a shadowy creature that would follow him everywhere, so from that point on he just stayed home. One day the girl didn’t come, so he got worried and went outside to find her when he went outside, he saw the girl but the girl was screaming in fear

I hadn't seen the door before. It wasn't there last night. Cautiously, I turned the handle. It seemed as though once I put my hand on the knob, it was stuck there. I slowly pulled the door open, and I was sucked into the pitch black room. It was so dark that it felt like I had my eyes closed as I floated through the air. Down I went, feeling like every second

I speedily ran back to my room. I donned my slippers and my winter coat, and placed a winter cap on my head. I grabbed my massive flashlight and headed out of the door. I happened to look at my clock and stopped dead in my tracks. The clock read 2 o’clock on the mark. I stood there, dazedly staring at the clock. I turned the light on in my room and ran out into the hallway. I ran through the entire house flipping on lights madly looking for anything I could find. There was nothing, absolutely nothing that would help me find my mom. I ran out onto the porch and stared out into the pitch black night. What was happening? I walked to the edge of the clearing that our house sat on and followed the driveway for awhile. Suddenly my flashlight died and I found myself totally enclosed in darkness. I began to shake. I walked forward, or what I thought was forward, until I tripped and fell. I groped around and found that I was completely surrounded by trees. I got up and walked back the way I thought I had come. I tripped again and tore my pants. I got back up and stumbled like this in the dark for what seemed like an eternity. I wandered for what seemed like hours. Suddenly I heard a sound. I stopped dead

The night was black all around me. I had just got into bed from trick or treating. I was about to fall asleep when I heard a strange noise. I thought it was my sister so I stayed there. I heard it again so I opened my to see a silvery translucent ghost.

Memories of quickly closing the closet door; then running; jumping onto my bed; heart racing just knowing if I wasn't fast enough a hand would grab my ankle from underneath my bed and pull me down; screaming; scratching; desperately I would try to get away from the dark shadow monster's under my bed. When I made it safely on to my bed; I would surround myself with all of my stuffed animal's; not leaving any space left uncovered. I felt some what safe; thinking I fooled the monster's that crept and crawl through the darkness of the night. “Nope; no little girls here; just us stuffed animal's, move along please.” When my mother would come in at night to kiss me goodnight she would have to search to find my face. Anxious I worried that she uncovered my disguise and alerted the monster's to my where a bouts. I would lie breathless; straining to hear any movement within the night; heart

One foggy night in March 9, 2012 my and my family moved into an abounded house, in a small town. My parents and sibling's were going to visit my uncle, aunt and cousins and they were not going to be home until 12:00am. One of my cousins was going to stay with me to have a sleepover. My parents were about to leave so after they left I waved a good bye to them. As I waved goodbye to them I saw a shadow, that started walking toward us and then it disappears.

As I open my eyes, an overwhelming anxiety floods through my veins. Paralyzed unable to bat a single eyelash, I move my eyes throughout the room. The mirror in the corner of the bedroom was luminescent from the crescent clear moon outside. As my eyes circled back to the mirror, the silhouette of a young women began to appear along with a cold breeze bringing shivers up and down my spine. She began approaching my bedside , one hand extended towards me, unable to see her face. I began screaming yearning for someone to hear my pleas for help. The sound of my own screams inside my head began to make my hands and feet clammy. As the silhouette reached out and brushed her hand along my cheek I felt the heat leave my body instantaneously. She has

All you can see is this creepy asylum. The lights are on and there is a shadow. My heart can’t stop beading *Bump Bump* that's all you hear is your own heart beating. You think in your head “should I stay or go back to my car”. Then all of a sudden lightning appears *Bang* and it starts pouring rain like cats and dogs. You finally decide to go in the building for warmth. When you enter the lights go out suddenly and it's freezing inside. So you decide to look for blankets and food or water, something that will be of use to you. After ten minutes of looking, you realized that there is someone, something here with you. You turn to see who it is, just to find a cat meowing. But there is something strange about this, so, you get closer to the cat and it has devilish look in its eyes. It was the shadow in the window you saw earlier but this shadow was...oh no it saw you and now it looked like the devilish cat. But I turned for a second and the cat was gone and there was nothing there. “I need to find some blankets to stay warm” you say to yourself, as your shivering. You look around and there are some blankets in the corner that you can use to keep you warm. Then, all of a sudden something falls and you shriek “ahhhh” but it was the cat again.You sigh with relief *phew*. Your scared and there is no one here to help you but you try and see what fell and if it broke. ”Is there a person that tipped it over or did they run?” you think to yourself. When you're

When I went upstairs to look there was a game room and bathroom and a little lap sitting on a table. I went more towards the lamp. Zoom!!! The lamp slides off the table and hits the wall and breaks. I run down stairs shaking. I tripped over a loose board. I hit my head on the stairs I felt like it was the end. After a few minutes I woke up in the basement I was thinking “ How did I get down here”. Then I looked up and I a little boy was looking at me. He says “ Are you ok”? I looked at him “yes thanks” for helping me. You look scared. Yes I am I came here to explore it. I fell down the stairs and hit my head as the lamp fell off the table. Sorry about that was my dad

I laid face up on my bed in the cold darkness of my room. I looked up and stared blankly at a single star on my ceiling glowing a bright green, it was the only visible light in my room at the time. I closed my eyes for a second, my eyes dry from lack of sleep. I stayed like that for what seemed an eternity. As I stayed still on my bed memories.. flashbacks ..people's voices flooded my head. I quickly opened my eyes and sat up as if someone had pulled me up. The little vision I had of my room was now pitch black and a strong pain filled the sides of my head. I took a hold of my blanket and held onto it as if my life depended on it. I had gotten lightheaded and it took a couple minutes for my eyes to adjust to the dark again. I took my phone from the nightstand next to my bed where it was charging and went to my Spotify playlist. I played music to soften me back up and when I was finally calm I decided to lay face down on my bed. I closed my eyes again slowly absorbing the music as I mumbled the words of the song under my breath.

I woke that morning with the eerie sense in the air. I got ready. I went to work. Came home. Ate dinner. Simple. Then, I lay in bed that night not able to shake off the sense that I was being watched. Something, or someone was watching me. I would drift in and out of a hazy sleep. Between the nightmares of my insanity and the strangeness of my house, I didn't get much sleep that night. I began to dream in a way that I couldn’t tell the difference between reality and

We slowly crept up the steps, then I slightly touched the door knob. The door flung open and Avery screamed so loud I though she broke my eardrum. Justin poked his head in, but there was no one there. So, we slowly walked in and the door slammed shut behind us. I said, “Ok. There is definitely someone here.” There was a long hallway to the right, but there were boards missing, so we decided to go up the stairs. Justin went first, then Avery, then me. About half way up the stairs, Avery must have stepped on a weak step and it caved in. She fell and screamed, but luckly I caught ger. Justin and I pulled her back up and continued up the stairs. When we reached the top, there was a picture of someone and at the bottom it had 1993 engraved in it. We scaredly walked down the long, dark hallway that was to the right of the stairs, and entered the first room on the left. The room had a bed in it, a dresser and a mirror, but the bed had been spray painted orange. The room felt like there were ghost in it and I think there were. All of a sudden, I felt something touching me head. I turned around and screamed because there was a sheet flying back and forth through the air. I ran out of the room and Avery and Justin screamed and ran out behind me.

When I woke there was a loud thud. I jump up. The room was pitch black and I couldn 't see a thing. I try to find the lamp puting my hand on the desk feeling for it. When I turned it on there was a scream downstairs. I jump out of bed pushing the box off the desk. I nearly trip running to the stairs. I keep my hand on the railing making it halfway there until I hear the familiar noise of ticking. The light downstairs was the only thing I could see besides a dark silhouette of man holding a woman by her neck. I cover my mouth. I see the man throw the women to the side and hear a crash again. My heart was beating so hard I thought he could hear it. My grip on the rail tightens as I slowly make my way back up the stairs. I barely make it to

It is a gloomy and stormy night I see myself sleeping in my bed. Suddenly I am awaken by the sound of footsteps coming towards my room. The door of my room is slammed open; I see a shadow approaching me. I know it is a man but I am not able to see his face clearly because the room is covered with fog. I then feel a force over power my body like if this person has fallen on me. I could feel that this person is hurting me because my body is in pain. I am afraid because I do not know who this person is and why he is hurting me. I am yelling but no one can hear me because there is no sound coming out of my mouth. I then begin to feel as if I am being suffocated the fear of losing conscious and not knowing what could happen to me forces me to immediately wake up hysterically crying.