Horror
The Taper in Wait
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Now, it hadn’t been all that long since the Henderson kid’s face showed up on the sides of milk cartons. There’d already been a lot of talk about where he’d gone off to, and who took him there—gossip stoked by the haunting sight of the candle his parents kept lit in his bedroom window, hoping it would somehow guide him home. So when rumors began circulating around town that the old pine-loggers’ cabin also had a taper burning in one of its clouded windows, the McHale boys just had to get a look for themselves.
By Christian Baxter Mott4 years ago in Fiction
The Light
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was Sunday night when Nancy Peterson first noticed a light flickering in the old, broken down cabin. There was a group of high school students camping at the lake and Nancy wandered off to throw up the booze and mushrooms she’d just consumed. After her report, the sheriff drove by on Monday. He said he ventured to the door and gave it a knock; but that isn’t likely. The man is all bark, no backbone. Either way, he spent Monday night at town hall, assuring residents that if someone had been at the house over the weekend, they weren’t there anymore. By Tuesday, everyone was talking about it.
By Sean Anderson4 years ago in Fiction
It was a weak liver, sweetheart.
“The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window.” “You have to understand,” your dad says while he’s chopping up garlic in the kitchen. “This was before your mom and I were married. That place is older than me by quite a bit, too.”
By Jamie Choi4 years ago in Fiction
The Mortuary
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window." John Shummer started in a hushed husky voice. He was leaning forward on a log. His stomach pulling on the tight flannel around his protruding gut. His beard thick and wiry looked like copper in the light of the fire. His eyes glistened in the dancing light of the campfire. Henry, Jessica, and Timothy Shummer huddled together on the other side of the fire. One large, quilted blanket wrapped around their tiny shoulders combined them into one mass of vibrating child.
By Katlyn Seward4 years ago in Fiction
The Vampire Count
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. One night, there was one candle. One candle, one flame, in one window, in one cabin with four walls and four windows, total. Three windows without candles and one window with one candle. When I left, after one sun had set and one moon had risen, it had been one cabin with four walls, one door, one roof, and four windows with no candles. One candle was added during my twelve thousand, four hundred and twenty-four step walk. Six thousand, one hundred and two steps out, and six thousand, three hundred and twenty-two steps back because I took the long way.
By Samuel Williams4 years ago in Fiction
The Hangman's Tomb
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night a candle burned in its window. The shadow of a man hanging from the rafters slowly swayed on the far wall. It was he who had built that evil place. He who took an ax to forsaken trees. He who dug them up and tore them out by the room. He who laid a foundation on such a haunted space. He would occasionally slip out of his noose and light a candle in the window - The hangman.
By daniel alexander4 years ago in Fiction
First Born
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Just the sight of the old cabin filled Stacy with a sense of dread that left her cold whenever she awoke the next day. It was impossible to ignore as it stood off to the side, dark, decrepit, empty, and always lurking. Stacy tried not to look, but the flame kept calling her. She tried so hard to focus on the missing piece of her heart but its pull was too strong.
By Anike Ayeni4 years ago in Fiction
The Park Ranger's Sister
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window.” Emily’s voice was wavering as she read, stumbling over syllables she’d struggled with in her younger years. All eyes were on her as she sounded out the words from her crumpled Monster’s Inc-inspired notebook. The single eye on the cover glimmered in the licking light of the flames: a slow deep oscillation like the dying currents of Diamond Lake, green and wanting.
By Robert Therrien Badger4 years ago in Fiction
The Woman in the Candlelight
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Although it was from a distance, I could see the dim light glowing from my bedroom, which was also my kitchen and living room. I had only been in the little studio apartment above the bookstore for a month, having landed in the town by fate.
By Peri Boylan4 years ago in Fiction
The Abandoned
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night a candle burned in the window." It had been over ten years since they had been there. The first thing Chelsea did was walk over to the dust filled mantle and lit a single white candle and placed it in the window. Shortly after staring at the flame, she lit a cigarette.
By Adrianne Kirksey4 years ago in Fiction
