The wispy morning mist shrouded the abandoned and ruined mansion. It looked so pretty with ivy clinging to its broken walls and moss patterning its stone floor. Who would have believed that only hours earlier the spirits of the numerous girls who were murdered in this house had gathered in the courtyard. They stood silent and forlorn in the light of the full moon which bathed their transparent forms with silvery light and created strange and mysterious shadows.
From a distance they looked like delicate waifs but when you ventured closer you could see the evil and twisted expressions on their darkly beautiful faces and splodges of blackness down the fronts of their thin white gowns.
Their ghastly deaths at the hands of one of the most wicked female serial killers in history had turned them away from the golden light of redemption at the time of their deaths. By choosing to follow the path of revenge they had trapped their spirits in the twilight zone between Heaven and Hell. They were destined to wander the moor and the ruins for all eternity, lamenting their past suffering and with nothing to look forward to other than this empty life of a ghost. They were deprived of the physical pleasures of a human and the spiritual pleasures of a soul. They were the lost.
This was written for Sue Vincent’s photo prompt – Spectral. You can join in the fun here: https://scvincent.com/2018/09/13/thursday-photo-prompt-spectral-writephoto/
So who got out of the wrong side of the bed today then? V horrid! Well done
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Thank you, Geoff, I am trying [grin]
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I love that your serial killer was female. Really well written!
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Thank you, Dorinda. My research has revealed some really evil women.
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I can only imagine. I wonder why it is we never hear about them.
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Excellent!!
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Thank you, Darlene.
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Reblogged this on GrannyMoon's Morning Feast.
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Nice one!
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Thank you, Cathy.
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Great spooky, Gothic take!
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Thank you, Mae, I am glad you enjoyed it.
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Revenge is never worth the price… Nicely done, Robbie.
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You are right, Sue. Thank you.
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I’m not going to enter because I seriously doubt I can top that. 🙂
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Thank you, Bryan.
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That is no joke, by the way. I’d be playing for second.
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Hi Robbie this is a great ghost story . I really enjoyed it and almost feel sorry for those lost spirits with no hope 💜💜
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Thank you, Willow. As I research the stories of the English ghosts, I find myself feeling sorry for many of them.
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Yes indeed, after all none of them would be haunting if they had died peacefully or had passed gently they would never still be hanging around would they. 💜💜💜
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Oooh! Great goose-bump-ly story Robbie! Hugs.
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Thank you, Teagan. Spooky is my latest fad.
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LOL. I’ve noticed. Keep up the good work. Happy writing.
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Spooky! I also think the claustrophobic feel is very effective. (K)
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Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
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This is eerie but quite beautifully so!
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Thank you, I am pleased you enjoyed it.
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