Horror Short Story:
This New Old House by BatoutofHell821
Cover Photo by Milivoj Kuhar – Altered by Charlene Weiss
Good move-in ready homes are hard to find. That forces people to go into purchasing homes that need renovation. For some that can be a fun task and for others it’s quite a chore but one thing is for certain…most new home buyers hope that their home isn’t haunted and doesn’t have a dark secret to tell. In the horror short story, “This Old New House” see what this young couple discovers…burning sage might not help them.
We bought an old house, my boyfriend and I. He’s in charge of the “new” construction – converting the kitchen into the master bedroom for instance, while I’m on wallpaper removal duty. The previous owner papered EVERY wall and CEILING! Removing it is brutal but oddly satisfying. The best feeling is getting a long peel, similar to your skin when you’re peeling from a sunburn. I don’t know about you but I kinda make a game of peeling, on the hunt for the longest piece before it rips. Under a corner section of paper in every room is a person’s name and a date.
Curiosity got the best of me one night when I Googled one of the names and discovered the person was actually a missing person, the missing date matching the date under the wallpaper! The next day, I made a list of all the names and dates. Sure enough, each name was for a missing person with dates to match. We notified the police who naturally sent out the crime scene team. I overhead one tech say “Yup, it’s human.” Human? What’s human? “Ma’am, where is the material you removed from the walls already? This isn’t wallpaper you were removing.”
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