We moved more slowly now. The stillness was something frightful, and the cold grew more and more intense. Soon we stopped before a tall, narrow house that rose before us like some vast monster in the center of the street. For a full minute we stared dumbly at the dark scene, paralysis attacking every sense but that of sight. The house was faced with great blank staring windows which the moonlight struck unafraid. The walls were covered with dirty patches and wide yellow streaks where the blistering paint had fallen away. There was not a sign of life; the house was wrapped in an unsettling, absolute stillness.
After a moment's reflection, Jett ascended the front steps; I trailed in silence, looking over my shoulders to make sure we were not followed. When I turned around, I found myself faced with a huge, menacing door that seemed to be pushing us away as it looked us over with a contemptuous sneer. Jett fumbled nervously for a long time with the key before he could fit it into the lock at all. And, as we stood there on the threshold of our ghostly adventure, we were transported to a place where only monsters or demons in a child's wonder tale could exist, creatures that only dared to come out under the cover of darkness. I felt the creep of indefinable terror, and for a moment, hoped the door would not open.
We moved more slowly now. The stillness was something frightful, and the cold grew more and more intense. Soon we stopped before a tall, narrow house that rose before us like some vast monster in the center of the street. For a full minute we stared dumbly at the dark scene, paralysis attacking every sense but that of sight. The house was faced with great blank staring windows which the moonlight struck unafraid. The walls were covered with dirty patches and wide yellow streaks where the blistering paint had fallen away. There was not a sign of life; the house was wrapped in an unsettling, absolute stillness.
After a moment's reflection, Jett ascended the front steps; I trailed in silence, looking over my shoulders to make sure we were not followed. When I turned around, I found myself faced with a huge, menacing door that seemed to be pushing us away as it looked us over with a contemptuous sneer. Jett fumbled nervously for a long time with the key before he could fit it into the lock at all. And, as we stood there on the threshold of our ghostly adventure, we were transported to a place where only monsters or demons in a child's wonder tale could exist, creatures that only dared to come out under the cover of darkness. I felt the creep of indefinable terror, and for a moment, hoped the door would not open.