My Car Broke Down in Front of a Haunted House

By Shantnu Tiwari

A young man's car breaks down in front of a deserted house.

 

And he starts getting phone calls from within the house.

 

Should he go in?

 

A short ghost story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shantnu Tiwari
• Release date: Jun 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393444879

Book preview

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My car broke down in front of the old house. I did not want to be here. This place held terrible memories for me. But here I was. And there was no going back.

The sun was setting, its dying pink light falling on the meadow. A cool wind was blowing. Below me was a large green field. It went on forever.

I used to love playing in this field. Loved scaring the cows, loved running barefoot over the grass. For a very short time, this had been heaven.

Until it had turned to hell.

And I had been forced to leave.

I remember that night; it had been dark like this when I had run away. Left my home, never to return. I was twelve.

And now, I was back.

Why was I back here, back in this terrible place I had vowed never to return to?

You could say it was