Nothing to fear

[beldarzfixon]

Thomas had looked forward to his first Halloween in Edgarton

Comments

[kickthehobbit]

Oh, I liked this take on the topic! :D

[beldarzfixon]

Thanks! Been looking for an excuse to write this one =)

[tatdatcm]

A nice twist on the fear of fear. Imagine having to move because your house was not haunted as you expected it to be. I enjoyed reading this.

[beldarzfixon]

Thanks! I'm reminded of a friend who told me she could not sleep with a ticking alarm clock because she would stay awake, listening for the constant tick-tock-tick-tock to break pattern. Sometimes to our imperfect minds, perfection does not compute.

[reckless_blues]

I have a similar problem - I can't sleep if I can hear my heartbeat. Or someone else's.

[kajel]

I really enjoyed this.

[beldarzfixon]

Thanks!

[eternal_ot]

I enjoyed this take...:)..it did creep me out and was expecting something to happen but I loved the surprise..;) Good job..Well written!

[beldarzfixon]

Thank you!

[theun4givables]

"Haunted," huh?

Maybe the whole house didn't exist, and that's why no one knew Thomas was their neighbor or where his house was. ;)

[beldarzfixon]

I had not considered the M.Night Shyamalan angle when I wrote this, but it could be possible

[n3m3sis43]

Ha, that's exactly what I thought of, too. And then I was surprised when the twist was that (apparently!) nothing was wrong with the house at all (which is what was "wrong" with it). So I guess it was a pretty good twist, huh? :)