The Box in the Yard

By Stavros Thanos

Ron, an eleven-year-old boy, is having nightmares after having moved into a house, that is said to be haunted. Tim, his three-year-old brother seems not to have such problems. On the contrary, he just wants to play all day and Ron, as his parents work, has to look after him. Ron has lost everything. His friends, his school, his neighborhood. In addition, he feels uncomfortable in that place. «And for what?», he is wondering. «Just to watch my little brother playing with this stupid box...»
A short horror story - the first written and published in English by the writer - that seeks for the primitive fears of our childhood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stavros Thanos
• Release date: Jul 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9786188366121

Stavros Thanos

Stavros was born in Greece. He lives in Lykovrisi with his wife Konstantina and his two daughters Anna Maria and Rafaelia. He has a bachelor's degree in theatrical studies and he works as an English teacher. He has written fiction novels (Shadows was the first to have been published, with the greek title Skies), poems, short fiction stories and theatrical plays. He has won the first prize of short horror stories competition in 2017 by Dyas Publications. He loves reading books equally in writing them. A message from Stavros to international readers: My personal blog is written in greek but I have created an English corner for international readers. You can visit it directly here https://www.stavrosthanos.gr/p/international-readers.html and click on the titles you are interested in.

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The Box in the Yard

A Short Story

Stavros Thanos

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THE BOX IN THE YARD

The door was huge, probably made from some hardwood. It was painted black. The area around it was dark, making the door appear like a large shadow. A big black figure in the dark. The night was dark. Dark and cold. Ron tried for the third time to pull the sleeves of his blue hoodie in a futile attempt to cover his numb fingers. He was trembling, his knees were giving in to his weight, not to mention that he was almost out of breath. Partly it was from the freezing cold. But still something scared him, whatever it was it freaked him out. Probably the eerie sounds in the woods, they had started off as normal sounds, birds and insects; but now they sounded like distant moaning, cries of people in pain. That, and the shadows of the trees around him that seemed to form all kinds of weird figures all