Status Updates From Dead End Street

More than 1/2 way through and it has really become interesting - something has happened that I didn't expect.

Telling haunted stories in a haunted house...well nothing has happened yet, but something should happen soon the more I delve into it.

Excellent Halloween story. I loved the ending. Review to come tomorrow... on Halloween. ;)

Is this what it's like to be paralyzed with fear?

Don't go in. Don't go in.

He really wanted to listen to this voice. He really wanted to turn and run from the porch, down the hill. Go where it was safe. Go back to his friends.

Brave little boy. Now one of them knows part of my secret. But not everything...no one knows everything. There are a lot more secrets in store for those who can't mind their own business. And not all of it is as pleasant as the discovery of...

Why did it look alive, sitting there? Why did the broken-out windows stare at them? Why did the doorway resemble an open mouth, waiting patiently to devour the unwary like a spider in a web?

Come on, Eric. You're just being silly now. It's just an old house, nothing more.

If someone is watching me, I'd see them. Right? Right?

Marlene decided to wait outside for the others.

From behind the stairwell, I peek out and watch them go. Kids. It's been so long. My fingers grip the staircase above me, knuckles white.

How dare they come in my house! How dare they.

The girl with the frizzy hair said she'd be prepared next week. What was her name? Marlene?

You'll be prepared next week, Marlene. Yes. So will I.