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Wednesday, 29 August 2018

The Haunted House

When my parents selected a new apartment for us to move in, I just didn't see what they saw.
"What's wrong with this home?"
"This place used to be haunted."
My sentence was like a hint.
PHOTO PROMPT © Nathan Sowers
I often say- "one never knows what is hidden from the sight or mind".
From past experience, my parents had enough reasons to believe me.


Spending a few hours at the local library and pouring through history books informed us that the same spot used to host a haunted house!
The image in the books looked exactly like what had appeared in my mind...

Have you ever visited a place and felt queer or uneasy? How much do you rely on your instinct? Do share in the comments below.

100 Words Story
Linking with- Friday Fictioneers, #MidWeekFlash
& ABC Wednesday - H for Haunted, Home, House, Hint, Host, Hours, Hidden, History
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20 comments:

  1. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields29 August 2018 at 19:27

    Dear Anita,

    Congratulations. You used all the H words

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  2. Sandra Crook29 August 2018 at 21:32

    You certainly hit the 'H's' this week. I felt quite out of breath reading it.

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  3. Fatima Fakier29 August 2018 at 21:50

    Good use of both challenges! Well done. I like to think I rely on instinct but emotions can cloud them over quickly.

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  4. Powell River Books29 August 2018 at 23:12

    The mind is a strange thing to understand. - Margy

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  5. Linda30 August 2018 at 05:42

    All those H's--quite alliterative, and very effective.

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  6. Su-sieee! Mac30 August 2018 at 10:40

    There have been times when my instincts showed me the better way.

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  7. Akshata Ram30 August 2018 at 10:54

    spooky.. i have never really felt this

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  8. Unknown30 August 2018 at 10:55

    You must be very intuitive to sense the unseen. This is a gift. Nice story.

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  9. Penny Gadd30 August 2018 at 15:12

    I would expect here to be a rational explanation for the feelings, even if it isn't easy to identify. Maybe there's some trigger that warns the person of a threat to their safety. That said, I've had some strange experiences...

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  10. Sonia Chatterjee30 August 2018 at 17:29

    Brilliant usage of both the challenges. But you gave the story an eeriness in so few words.

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  11. Keith's Ramblings30 August 2018 at 18:21

    Not something I would like to experience!

    Click to read my FriFic tale

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  12. Roger Owen Green30 August 2018 at 18:38

    My maternal grandma's home was weird and musty

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  13. Aesop Clerk30 August 2018 at 20:13

    Loved this tale of ESP.

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  14. Miranda Kate31 August 2018 at 01:47

    Interesting use of prompts this week and plenty of H's indeed. Thanks for taking part.

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  15. lisarey1990@gmail.com31 August 2018 at 08:17

    Very creative!

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  16. Andrea LeDew1 September 2018 at 03:20

    Sounds like your character has a peculiar gift for sniffing our ghosts. Itshould be interesting to follow this family as they move in.

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  17. How do we know1 September 2018 at 12:22

    Wow. Only realised from the comments that this was a challenge post. It is very well written and is genuinely scary.

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  18. ABC-Wednesday1 September 2018 at 17:56

    My kind of stories…. love them

    Have a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
    ♫ M e l d y ♪ (ABC-W-team)
    http://melodymusic.nl/23-H

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  19. Subroto2 September 2018 at 04:07

    A haunted house? Help! It was an effective combination of the two challenges.

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  20. MeenalSonal3 September 2018 at 16:20

    Wow! Anita, you are a true gem who plays with prompts skillfully.

    Cheers
    MeenalSonal from AuraOfThoughts

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Your words mean a lot to me.