I used to think that haunted houses, the ones that wanted to draw you in and fun run you from room to room screaming for you Mom or God or ‘help’ were the best and most effective haunted houses on the street.
Those haunted houses would take your mind if they didn’t take your bones.
It turns out I may have that one wrong about what it is that makes a haunted house so haunting.
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Unless you’re a ghost hunter or your into kicking Fate in the shins, the rest of the population won’t go near a house that looks like it wants to eat you bit by bit ( and chew you up ever so slowly ).
So if you’re a haunted house, being obvious in your intentions the chances are you’re not going to get the chance to do a little-farming.
You would want to look warm and inviting, you’d want to have lovely green leafy trees in your front yard and potted plants and flowers on your porch. You’d probably have a doormat trimmed with flowers and the smell of freshly baked bread wafting from your kitchen windows.
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Nobody would think to dig around in your backyard or basement. No one would search the trunks in your attic, nobody and I am positive no one would show up and try to take away the treasures and meals you’ve collected over your years of being a haunted house.
So I guess the spookiest Haunted House on the block doesn’t scream ” Boo “.
It whispers boo right into your ear.
Prompt#1 Spooky
My Summerween Writing Challenge.
