The House Next Door

In the summer of 1975, there was a ten year old girl named Carly. This was the first day of her living in Detroit, Michigan.

She lived in a very old neighborhood with her step sister Annie, who was 17 years old. They had to share the same room when they went to sleep because they couldn't afford another room.

When they went to bed they would read each other a bedtime story before they went to sleep. The story Annie read to Carly was a story about a house that was nearly 100 years old and was abandoned and every night a little girl would scream for help in the house. Carly thought this was a pretty stupid story. She interrupted Annie during the story and said "That's not a bedtime story!"

Annie said "Carly, What are you talking abou-"

She cut her off saying "Just go to sleep.". She said it in a way like something ridiculous happened.

Even though Carly thought it was stupid she thought it was still not right to say right before you go to bed. She turned off the light then lay down. She couldn't get to sleep cause it was too hot. She opened the window because it was really hot, but the sound she heard horrified her. She heard screaming. The screaming of a little girl.

Once she heard the girl yell "Carly, help me!", she closed the window as fast as she could. She never had the courage to open it again for that night. She was so scared. The next morning she went downstairs to eat breakfast. she said to Annie "I heard them. I heard the screaming."

Annie said "What are you talking about?" Then there was a long pause. Then she asked "Are you okay? You've been acting strange since we moved."

Mom came in and interrupted her and said "Carly! Annie! Our window just broke! Some kid threw a baseball at the window!". After Carly heard that she just froze. "I guess I have to sleep with that horrific sound again...", she mumbled to herself.

Later that night when she went to bed, Annie said "Tonight we're gonna read the-" "You know what? Lets just skip stories for tonight. I don't feel too well right now." Carly said.

Annie says "Are you okay? Tell Me! What happened?"

Carly said "Ugh..... I heard a bunch of screaming last night in the house next door. Kinda like the story you told me last night."

She said "What are you talking about? I-"

"Listen for yourself," Carly said cutting her off; once they were quiet that horrible screaming approaches again. "Do you hear it?" Carly said. "I don't hear a thing just go to sleep." Annie said. Annie turns off the light and Carly is stuck with the girl screaming "Carly help me! Help me!". This kept her up all night. Once it hit 3:00 AM, the screaming finally stopped.

The next day Carly tried explaining it to her parents and her step sister, but they both said they didn't hear anything.

The next time she went to bed she heard screaming again. She was so curious about this screaming it made her foolish enough to walk into the house.

As she walked in, she was shivering and tearing up. As she opened the door, the screaming got louder and louder. The screaming sounded like it was coming from up stairs. She walk up the stairs and determined that it was coming from a small room. She opened the door of the small room. The only things in the room were a bed and a chair. The screaming suddenly stops. Blank silence for about 30 seconds. She heard an echoey little girl voice.

"Caaaaaarrrrrlllllyyy..."

Then absolute silence again. After 30 seconds she heard the little girl crying. She went in the bathroom and saw a girl in the corner facing it. Carly walked very closely to the girl and said "What's wrong?" and tapped her on the shoulder. Once Carly tapped her the girl turned around really fast and what she saw was for sure not a girl.

It looked like a little man with no skin but flesh. It didn't have any pupils in its eyes. What she saw made her scream. The thing said, in a very low voice, "Get Out! Get Out!" Carly ran down the stairs and the thing was chasing her. She ran so fast down the stairs she fell down them, but once she got back up. It grabbed her leg with its meaty hands, but then Carly kicked it and ran out of the house. When she ran out Annie was there and she yelled "CARLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" when she saw Carly crying she ran up to her and hugged her and said "I'm sorry, What's wrong what happened?"

I said "The story you told me... it's true, and it happened in ther-" "What story?" She said cutting me off. "The one you told me 2 nights ago." "I read you The Wizard of Oz." She said. Then Carly Said " What? What about the house and the screaming girl." Then Annie said "What are you talking about?" "......What?" Carly said "The story you told me 2 nights ago... this is the house with that screaming... thing." Carly pointed at the house. " What? There's... I think you just need some sleep." Her sister said. The next morning Carly was found dead, but not in her bed. She was found dead in the lot of grass where the house was. The house was never there; it was all in her head. No one knows how, but for now on in your life... you will hear screaming... IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.

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