Coralie's Short Story: Come Meet Me At The Beach

Which are ‘witches meeting at night in abandoned houses’and‘an ogre’ that will ‘eat him bit by bit’. These are derived from religious stories and his colourful imagination. Michele’s dreams are filled by monsters. “When I was small I always dreamed about monsters”. He tried to cover them by imagining he locked them into a golden bus to take them ‘all to the circuses’. He also imagines that then his stomach opens and they ‘all walked happily into it. He overcomes his fears of creatures “I found a place where I can lock those…creatures up and sleep serenely”. Michele says “Monsters don’t exist...its men you should be afraid of, not monsters...”. He even fears his very own father, having lost trust in him because his part in the kidnappers

In late May during the wee hours of the morning a rapid knock at the door woke Anna from another horrible nightmare. She sat straight swimming in her bed, crying, and drowning in the torrent of blankets. Suddenly there was a second knock, but before she could completely rub the sleep from her eyes the door was opened and in stepped a very thin, tall stranger with soft curly dark brown hair and golden eyes hidden behind spectacles.

The house had an unusual smell to it that Bryan couldn’t quite his finger on it. Miguel had never minded any of the people in the village had always believed the story ever since they were a young child, but there showed no evidence of this so called “Witch”. old lady on the corner of Babylan St. because he always knew it was just a folktale,so they wouldn’t go into a stranger 's house.

Two minutes. All views simply fading from her mind into thin oblivion as her eyes focus on the rich soil path leading to the train station, always crowded by ghosts with no conscience; however, now the ghosts are transparent as no one is present. Walking towards the isolated tree, Adriana stands in perplexment as to why her true love is absent. A moist drop lands on her cheek, as a metallic smell arises opposite of water from rain. Her hand leads up to wipe the liquid, as a sharp intake of breath is audible when wide emerald eyes meet a blush red rather than clarity- A sharp hum fills her mind, starting gradual but heightening in sound, piercing ferociously through her ears, and numbing her mind. Her airway blocks as if someone has sharply dug their hand down to her soul, and latched onto her heart. Adriana’s chest heaves up and down rapidly, struggling to allow the once sweet air within. Hesitance clouds her conscience, as her eyes hesitantly trail to see the source of the bloody rain that falls from the sky. His round nose, his dusky complexion, frilly careless hair, black pants that cling to strong legs, and a white stained shirt that fills with winds that once were familiar. Her thoughts only stray to denial and nothing

Once got back home from the hospital, she was trying to get used the idea of what had happened. She stayed at home for some time to recuperate. She started to sleep walk but it was right into the woods. Where she claims to have seen the creature of the night. The creature was so horrifying that when Lisa finally woke up from her mom shaking her, the creature’s image was vivid in her mind. Her mom was very worried for her because she had started to sleep walk and hallucinate during the day about a creature.

Larissa Jordan was a peppy young girl, especially for one who grew up on the Black Isles of Doracha. As a child, she had never been told of the island's’ dark history, nor had she been told of the reasons why families were forced to move away from the mainlands and onto the Isles. And what you don’t know can’t hurt you. At least, that’s what Larissa’s parents believed; and for twelve years, twelve blissfully peaceful years, they appeared to be correct.

The setting of this story is very dark, mysterious, and haunting and through the detailed descriptions of the setting, the horrific mood of the story is created. There are several vivid descriptions that the author, Richard Connell, makes of the setting. The story starts off on a damp, dark, soundless, and moonless tropical night. The night is described as being so dark that “it was like trying to see through a blanket.” The Caribbean Sea is described as being “blood-warm”. The island, which Rainsford swims to and occupies for the duration of the story, is an isolated “God-forsaken place”. On the island, Rainsford discovers a patch of weeds stained crimson – meaning blood. When Rainsford comes across the chateau on the island, the sea is described

This story, and the entirety of the horror genre, uses many literary elements such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and motif. These three elements have a great effect on the prestige of the story by engaging the reader in an immersive world of terrifying occurrences. This piece will pinpoint what exactly these three elements do for the story and how they benefit from the scary intentions written in The Monkey’s Paw. “Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Laburnum Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.”

Suena was walking home and she felt like she was being followed, but she thought it was because of the horror movie she watched the night before. It was about a twenty minute walk for Surena to get home and she often enjoyed but that day she didn’t enjoy it. When she got home there was a note on her fridge from her mother saying she’ll be back in a couple of hours and that there was leftovers in the fridge. She still had that icky feeling that someone was watching her, she kept saying in her head that it was just the horror movie scaring her. Her dog Belle was eating the couch again, when her mom got home she’d be mad. Surena went up stairs to her bedroom and forgot to lock the door that day, when her mother warned her many times before to

It had been the 5th night that the devil had spoken to him, the bright white snow outside his window, the shadow of a tree that’s casted inside Shong’s room haunts him with illusion of the day we met. I was like his best friend, I walked where his shadow laid, but we never talked, yet I was always there with him when he ran away. Away? From what you might ask, well. To keep it simple, from people like me, and that’s how he met me in the first place. In the beginning of his sophomore year, he hadn’t felt more excited of the people he’s grown fond to, he sat behind Christina everyday in Ms.Larson’s classroom, they’d have a blast and nothing could ever do him wrong, but that’s where the cliche switcheroo comes into play. Everything turned into a catastrophe, Alondra had triggered many types of mannerism from him, slapping Shong on the back of his head with the pizza she had gotten for

The spooky outdoor setting is made to prepare the reader for the appearance of a cozy indoors, whereas the landlady’s scary features on the inside are covered up by her warm but deceitful personality. She tricks unsuspecting young men with her generous and very motherly personality.

Seduced by the persuasive words of a rogue intent on stealing her humanity, Isla Maclean betrayed the man she loved and married a stranger. Abandoned less than a week after her wedding, Isla has spent three years lurking in the shadows, hiding her monstrous affliction, praying no one will discover her terrifying secret. But the villagers are suspicious by nature and someone is determined to use any means necessary to convince them she’s cursed.

The more influence the husband’s mom has on the family, the more isolated and paranoid they become, ultimately leading to their son’s demise. The husband’s mom is the one who, quite literally, helps fund the family’s fear by buying extra bricks to make the wall surrounding the house higher. This, among other factors, starts a perpetuating cycle of the family’s worry of intruders. The husband’s mom is also one of the main reasons for the little boy’s death. With the combined factors of the extra safety measures and the book of fairy tales, the “witch” indirectly kills the beloved son. This, in turn, is what gives her the nickname relating to the bedtime story, the “wise old witch”.

Even though the gruesome, ghastly and demonic story known as “The Landlady” ends in a disturbing way, it portrays many characteristics about the protagonist, Billy. There are numerous ways to characterize Billy, a 17-year-old kid on his first business trip in the strange city of Bath, England. Billy begins his journey to a hotel known as the Bell and Dragon but stumbles to a halt when he sees a seemingly cozy bed and breakfast that catches his eye. For a few pages everything seems great; unfortunately for Billy, he has some flaws which ultimately lead to his shocking death at the hands of a demented landlady. These are curiosity, a tendency to miss important clues, and gullibility.

Throughout my life I have discovered that life can change in instances that I refer to as moments of impact. Recently many moments of impacts have affected my life. There are small day to day little moments that bring me joy and there are big life-changing moments such as building a house for a homeless family in Mexico last summer. The most recent moment of impact that still affects me on a daily basis is my family 's latest addition of new family members. On a very sunny day in May, we rescued two pyrenees mixes and named them Theo and Zara.