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"Before they could move aside, or go down a single step, someone came rushing along the passage overhead, blundering horribly, racing madly, at full speed, three steps at a time, down the very staircase where they stood. The steps were light and uncertain; but close behind them sounded the heavier tread of another person, and the staircase seemed to shake.
The man and his companion just had time to flatten themselves against the wall when the jumble of flying steps was upon them, and two persons, with the slightest possible interval between them, dashed past at full speed. It was a perfect whirlwind of sound breaking in upon the midnight silence of the empty building. The two runners, pursuer and pursued, had passed clean through them where they stood, and already with a thud the boards below had received first one, then the other. Yet they had seen absolutely nothing—not a hand, or arm, or face, or even a shred of flying clothing. There came a second's pause." ---from "The Empty House" by Algernon Blackwood, a classic Victorian ghost story. You can read the entire story here ---->>[link] Entered into DeviantArt's Be Afraid 2006 contest. |
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Comments
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If we light a candle a shadow appears. The more we strive for light the bigger shadow will grow behind us.
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"My business is making people, especially children, happy."
Walt Disney
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'Loneliness is a strange gift.' - E.B. White
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'Loneliness is a strange gift.' - E.B. White
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Our souls are a myriad of wars
And I'm losing everyone
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'Loneliness is a strange gift.' - E.B. White
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If we light a candle a shadow appears. The more we strive for light the bigger shadow will grow behind us.
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'Loneliness is a strange gift.' - E.B. White
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Our souls are a myriad of wars
And I'm losing everyone
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