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Happy Halloween! Why not read some creepy stories tonight? 👁️ I have a new one that was just published in "The Witch House" volume 4 (titled "Open the Door") alongside a roster of delightfully unsettling stories.

Check it out (it's probably the finest thing I've written yet):

Happy Halloween! Why not read some creepy stories tonight? 👁️ I have a new one that was just published in "The Witch House" volume 4 (titled "Open the Door") alongside a roster of delightfully unsettling stories.

Check it out (it's probably the finest thing I've written yet):
https://witchhousemag.blogspot.com/2024/10/witch-house-4-now-available.html

Writer ✍️ | Creepy stories: unnerv.ing 👁️ | Essays: paragraph.xyz/@driftless ⚡️

Downloaded- I'll open the door and take a peek over the weekend.

Writing sci-fi stories and other things too: markmcclure.xyz Casting in the word shallows.

Mark, I really appreciate you reading the story! Glad you found it chilling!

Yes, that line came to me much later in revision. I think I needed to understand why she would stay in that house and not just move. Then she spoke those words to me, and I realized there's a lot of pain in her past. This story was an "out of the frying pan into the fire" moment for her.

I found this line the most intriguing in the entire story:

"I look at Dylan's mouth--at the downturned shape that makes him look like he is always frowning--and see his father, and I know that I can never leave this house."

I wonder if the narrator is holding something back?
This was a chilling read. Well done.