The Cottage: A True Haunted House Story

By Jess Breitling

When the Breitling family moves into a mountain cottage, they have no reason to believe there is anything strange about the small home. But before long they can’t deny something is very wrong with their new residence, and they find themselves trying to make sense of the unexplainable.

After a year of coping with disembodied voices, flying objects, phantom footsteps, and apparitions of red eyes, the family moves away. But things will get even stranger at their new house.

The Cottage details the true paranormal experiences of a real family in Southern California. If you enjoy The Cottage, please look for its sequel, The Bungalow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jess Breitling
• Release date: Jun 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370295890

Jess Breitling

Jess Breitling has loved spooky stories since she was a little girl. She does not, however, love living in spooky homes! She lives in the Northwestern United States with her husband and children, and is happy to report that her current home boasts no paranormal activity.

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THE COTTAGE

A True Haunted House Story

By

Jess Breitling

Copyright © 2017 by

Jess Breitling

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CONTENTS

Copyright Information

Short story, The Cottage

Sequel Info

About the Author

The Cottage

I’ve heard it said that places aren’t haunted, people are haunted.

In twenty-five years together, my husband and I have only lived in two houses where paranormal phenomena seemed to occur, and we moved to the second one right after leaving the first. Those two homes were nearly a hundred miles apart, and as different from one another as could be.

So, was it the houses that were haunted, or was it us? I guess we’ll never know, but this is the story of the first of those two residences.

In the winter of 1999, we moved into a small cottage tucked in the mountains of Southern California. We were familiar with the neighborhood, especially my husband because his aunt had lived just down the road from that cottage his whole life.

In contrast, I’d spent my entire life in the area without knowing the tiny community even existed until the first time my husband took me there. I fell in love with the neighborhood instantly, and decided right then that if I ever got the chance, I wanted to live there. I