The Haunting of Hill House

the hill in the country; the one I spoke of in the introduction of, ‘God Answered Me.’ As the seasons passed he held a few jobs here and there. At least there was income, although, never enough to provide a decent breakfast and dinner continuously. The unfortunate side, is no one could hear the ongoing abuse and no one will hear the laughter, true laughter, I speak of, was non-existent.; these memories I share are sections of my life played as a movie that I can recall. Horseplay, in the house, there

laboured breaths from his ghastly chest. It sniffs the air, through its long pointed snout, for a new prey, a plump little pig. The wolf casts a haunting howl across the nighttime countryside, not as a call to its brothers but, as a warning to stay away. Its leaps forward sprinting at full pace to get to the meals as soon as possible, thundering down a hill with heavy footsteps that cause the ground to shake. Even the insects don’t dare make a sound when the wolf careers past. Into a field that is

High upon a lonely hill surrounded by a great dark forest, stood an ancient, crumbling manor, known as the Haunted House. The windows were all smashed and it looked like the house was used a long time ago and was never used again. The font gates were as old as the hills. It belonged to a greedy old man, he was as short as a stump, he was really grumpy and fat who everyone said he was a wizard. Even though he owned the immense haunted house he didn’t dare to go inside because he was frightened like

them on my shoulder, it weighs a ton it feels like my shoulder’s gonna break. Sophie was peeking through my room door, as I was about to stand up she ran to the living room curled up into a ball making loud thud and sobbing noises. Outside of the house, I hug my mom as tight as I could, I don’t want to move any single inch of my bone. I want to stay like this forever. I felt a drop of water behind my shoulder and I know that it was her tears. I don’t want to leave them but I have to. It was time

precautions were required to keep the first family safe. The secret service is in charge of making sure the President and his family are safe. Clint Hill, a Secret Service agent on President Eisenhower’s detail, continues his service, this time assigned to the first lady, Jacqueline

She told us she would push them in a stroller all the way up a tall hill to the store, and would then stop by the church every day on their way back down the hill. She joked with the group that she was always the one to get into trouble. If something could go wrong, it would go wrong for her. Wherever there was trouble, she was there. Maiden Aunts         Sister Damien had three “maiden aunts” that moved into her grandparent's house not long after her family moved in. She remembers them as being a

An unnatural or paranormal component is also vital to a horror story. Well-known horror novels from many time periods, such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, all have supernatural components central to their plots. The monkey’s paw is a supernatural element because it was “bewitched” by a fakir and had a “spell” put on it. It can grant wishes and bring people back from the dead, so it does not

The novel “I am the King of the Castle” clearly explores the themes of loneliness, sadness and depression in its plot. All of the main characters have difficulties with relationships and end up facing depressive moments and experiences, some insignificant but some crucial and terrifying. Joseph Hooper (father), Edmund Hooper (son) and Charles Kingshaw are three characters showing explicit loneliness almost throughout the whole novel. Their loneliness is shown by several reasons and caused

Annotation of "After You my Dear Alphonse" by Shirley Jackson The story that I have chosen to annotate is 'After you my dear Alphonse' written by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson was born in the year of 1919 and later died in 1965. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set against realistic, common place backgrounds. After graduating from Syracuse University, Jackson married literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. 'Life

personal opinion, R.L. Stine is someone who is able to have an understanding of the basics and create it into something beautiful. Robert Lawrence Stine or better known as R.L. Stine is mainly known as the writer behind the Goosebumps series and The Haunting Hour series. He was wildly famous in the 90’s going to the 00’s for creating a kid-friendly horror genre people might say. It was not overly gore like how some of these shows are today. But it had enough suspense to keep your eyes peeled. Horror