Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-30443957-20161107101826

you know, it's  nice living in an old house, the wood fireplace and tin roof make for a nice night when it's  cold and raining, the backyard full of plants other  people planted long ago,  but I  must admit it can be unsettling when you're trying to sleep and it won't  stop creaking , the wind against the foundations, the orange tree branch banging <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">against <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> the window, <span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">gives a sense of being <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">watched, <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I'm <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> not sure how <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> can describe it, most nights <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> would try my hardest to ignore the noise of what sounded like a person walking around <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">down <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">stairs <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> or <span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">someone <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> knocking on my window, " <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">it's <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> just the wind, just ignore it and go to sleep", this went on for months, the thought that <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">someone <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> would be standing at my bedroom door <span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">often crossed my mind, " <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">it's <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> nothing, just ignore it and go to sleep" and eventually <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">i <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> would drift away to the world of dreams, then one night the thought popped into my head once again, <span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">but this time <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">i <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> said to myself "if <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> look and there's nothing there then <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">i <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> will surely feel better", <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">i <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">can't <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> describe the feeling of dread when <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> looked up to see a dark figure <span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;"> <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">staring at me through my bedroom door, <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US">I <span class="TextRun SCX92124594" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;" lang="EN-US"> close my eyes "just ignore it and go to sleep" <span class="EOP SCX92124594" style="line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;font-size:11pt;">

This is my first story, i kept it short and simple, would love to know what you guys think. - HappyHoods<ac_metadata title="I tried to submit a story but it kept saying &quot;Something went wrong&quot; so i&#039;m posting it here, it&#039;s called &quot;Old houses on windy nights&quot;"> </ac_metadata>