The Novella Life of Illuscia Nester Himawari

I opened my eyes and found myself sweating like crazy. “Why is it so hot in here? Where am I?” I thought to myself. This heat was killing me, I needed to get out. Below my feet was a rectangular hole, I put my hands on both sides of wherever I was and slid out as fast as I could. Upon getting out, I saw my family. Their eyes were filled with horror. They immediately left the room, I didn’t even get a chance to speak with them. What was wrong? I turned around and saw a small pot labelled “ashes” with my name on it. — Credits to: HonestRage

The clock had just struck midnight when I awoke to the sounds of a carnival floating in from my open window. It was fall, and the large harvest moon on the horizon was like an eye staring down at me. I went to the window and saw that I was not alone. There were other kids I knew, staring out of their windows, searching for the source of the music. “Do you hear it?” said a voice. My heart froze for a split second, until I remembered the walkie talkie on my window sill. It was my best friend, Kevin. “Yeah, I think so.” It was faint, but it was there. A song on the wind. It was as delicate as a whisper, but it was exciting - our town didn’t get normal carnivals, not to mention ones that go on after midnight. “What the heck do you think they’re doing?” Kevin asked. I was wondering the same thing. “We’ll talk about this at school, okay?” “Yeah, tomorrow.” And we did talk about it. We weren’t the only ones, either. A couple of the kids on our street came up to us at recess and asked if we h...

I keep seeing faces out my window. I don’t understand. Sometimes I can’t make out there faces. But they seem like young, shadows. Sometimes they taunt me “I have your baby”. Sometimes they scream out my name. I don’t understand why. What did I do wrong ? It makes me angry and one of these days I’m going to lash out. There I see one again. She’s holding a candle and she’s whispering my name. Say it bitch. Say “Bloody Mary” one more time. --- By sixpenceee  

It all started after moving into my new house. Yeah, that’s pretty cliche. Believe me, I know, but it’s what happened. I never experienced anything supernatural before and, though interested, I never really expected anything to happen to me. I was able to rent the house for pretty cheap. I didn’t think anything of it because it was old and not in the best of neighborhoods so I guessed I just got a good deal. After moving everything in, things were fine for a while. I don’t remember exactly when it started because it seemed so minor at the time. I’d leave a light on in the kitchen or the bathroom and come back to find it off. Honestly, I thought I was just forgetting that I turned them off already when I came back. After a while, I began to wonder and started leaving a couple lights on on purpose. Sometimes, nothing would happen. Sometimes, I’d come back to find the lights turned off. By now, I figured out that something was off. I wasn’t really scared, but just confused. I thought may...