The House
Added 2024-10-04 22:02:05 +0000 UTCSneak peek of the next story in the crypt anthology (spooky stories for halloween season)
“Can I help you?” He’s too big. Too tall. Shoulders too wide. Chest too broad. There’s a curve of fat around his belly under the unbuttoned jacket, and you try to look away at how hips give way to too thick thighs. You’re not a small girl, by any means but this man… this man is a monster.
“Just wanted to come by, meet my neighbor.” Your heart is pounding in your chest, so loud it rattles your eardrums, and you mouth dries. “I’m Simon.” His head tilts, waiting, and you spit out your own name in exchange.
“Your neighbor?” You squeak in disbelief, and he nods.
“I live on the next property over. Over the hill.” Over the hill? The realtor said no one lived around here, and he must read the confusion on your face, because he chuckles. “I don’t live too close, it’s still about ten miles. You’ve got a lot of land here.”
“Oh. Right.” He sweeps you, taking you in from head to toe. There's a tenebrific flicker in his eyes that you barely catch, gone when the front porch creaks under your feet, a sharp whine forcing you to step off the board, lest you fall right through.
