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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Horror
- Subject: Horror / Scary
- Published: 10/26/2022
THE EERIE NIGHT OF AUTUMN
Adult, F, from Mianwali, PakistanThe tall trees in the forest were dark and queer. They were staring at them like silent sentries. The path in the woods was old and otherworldly. An acrid odour spread everywhere.
A group of three friends named Alex, Emy, and James was traveling in the car. Alex was driving the car while Emy and James were sitting in the rear seat. Suddenly, they heard an eldritch screech. Emy felt as if their car had hit something.
"I think we just hit something, " Emy said.
"Should we go out and check?" James asked.
"Forget it. What can we possibly hit? This must be a fallen log. Let's just get going," Alex replied.
"I had already told you that there was a sign board in front of this road which says, 'the prohibited area, enter at your own risk.' Alex, why did you opt for this path? We should have taken the main road," Emy said.
"It's the shortest route. Don't worry we will soon get out of here," Alex said.
Suddenly, they got stranded in the woods because their car ran out of gas. They came out of the car.
James said, "What should we do now? We are stranded and there is no one around."
"I had said to Alex that we shouldn't take this route but he said it would be okay. The trees look kind of scary," Emy said.
"Scary? What do you mean? Do you think that suddenly the weather will become cold and we will hear some kind of strange sounds that will scare the hell out of us," said James.
Suddenly the weather became unpleasantly chilly. There was inky blackness, and the wind was icy and withering.
"Why do I feel like the weather has become colder than before," Emy said.
"I think we should start walking so that we can get out of here," said Alex.
"Yeah, let's get going," said James.
They started walking but they felt as if someone had been chasing them.
"I hate Autumn nights because they are surprisingly scary," Emy said.
"Let's just get out of here as soon as possible," James said.
Around them, there were dark trees, eerie sounds, and a cold that could steal one's breath away.
"I don't want to say that but this place looks like a resting place of countless souls. I mean just look at that tree. The way it is bent gives me goosebumps," James uttered.
They continued to walk. Alex was walking in front, Emy in the middle and James was behind Emy. While walking, James unintentionally saw a mysterious woman who was standing in front of a cluster of trees. She was wearing white clothes. Her hair was very long. It touched her feet. She was almost eight to nine feet tall.
James screamed and started running. Alex grabbed him.
"James, where do you think you are going?" Alex shouted.
"I saw something there," said James.
Alex and Emy looked at the cluster of trees but there was nothing.
"Enough, stop it, James. Stop fooling around," said Emy.
"I saw something, why don't you guys believe me," said James.
"Let's continue walking," Emy said.
They started walking again.
Emy stepped on something.
"What is this?" Emy uttered.
They stopped to look at it. It was a skull.
"It's a human skull," James shouted.
"Oh my God!" Emy shouted.
"I had already told you that this place is queer," said James.
"Hey! Just wait a minute. Did you guys notice that we have been walking for so long but we are at the same spot? Just look at the surrounding. We are standing at the same spot from where we started walking," Emy said.
"I don't know what is happening?" Alex said.
"I think we should sit in the car and wait for the dawn," James said.
"Yeah, let's sit in the car," Emy said.
James opened the door of the car and saw a woman covered in white who was sitting in the rear seat and she said to him, "Get in."
James shouted at the top of his voice.
"There is a woman in the car," said James.
Alex and Emy looked but there was nothing.
Emy said,
"I told you to stop fooling...."
Emy looked in the front mirror of the car and saw a woman covered in white standing right behind Alex.
"Alex, what the hell is behind you?" Emy shouted.
Alex turned around and saw a woman covered in white. Her face was right in front of Alex. Her face was dark, her eyes were red and she had a grotesque appearance.
Within minutes to seconds, she disappeared right in front of their eyes.
The three of them looked at each other and then they got in the car and locked the doors. They weren't talking to each other and were trying to understand what just happened.
"What should we do? We need to get out of here. This place doesn't look right," Emy cried.
Suddenly their car started shaking.
"What is this?" Alex shouted.
Their car was covered in haze and nothing was visible. James opened the door of the car to get out of it but found that their car wasn't on the ground. It was high in the air.
He closed the door abruptly.
"Did you guys see? Our car is not on the ground," James shouted.
Two long, dark grey hands came out of nowhere and drag Alex, sitting in the driver's seat, out of the car.
"Alex, get in," Emy and James shouted.
Emy and James tried to get out of the car but they were unable to move. Their bodies became so stiff that they weren't even capable of lifting a finger.
Alex started running but he constantly felt that he was being followed.
Suddenly, mist surrounded him and because of it, he could hardly see anything. The colour left his face, and he couldn't breathe. He heard some voice whisper in his ear, "How dare you come here?"
Before he could say anything, a sinister figure appeared in front of him. Her eyes were blood-red and her skin was dark grey. She had long hair and her height was abnormally longer than a normal woman's.
Alex was looking at her without noticing that he was surrounded by a group of ghosts who were looking at Alex with their blood-red eyes.
Alex tried to escape but that woman beheaded him. A dust storm came that buried the corpse of Alex.
After that, the car returned to the ground. Emy and James came out of it and started searching for Alex. While doing so, James saw a strange, dark grey-coloured, ghost kid who was sitting on the branch of a tree. He tried to ignore it but then something attracted his attention. When he looked vigilantly, he saw Emy who was sitting next to that ghost kid. When James turned, he saw that Emy was also standing next to him at the same time.
James became breathless. He screamed and started running.
"Where are you going? James stop, don't run," Emy shouted but James ran as fast as he could. Emy ran behind him.
James continued to run and met a man standing there with a lantern in his hand.
That man said to James,
"You can't escape from them. You and your friend named Alex, you both are murderers."
Emy reached there.
"Who are you old man?" Emy asked.
"Alex has been killed and now it is your turn, James. You will be burnt to ashes, James," that old man said.
"How do you know our names? Who are you? Who will kill me? I haven't done anything wrong, " James asked.
"Kindly tell us how can we get out of here?" Emy asked the old man.
"Emy, you are also here. Long time no see," the old man said to Emy.
"What are you talking about?" James asked.
"Emy, don't you even remember your father?" The old man said.
"Father!" Emy uttered.
"Do you remember how your family died?" The old man asked Emy.
"It was a long time ago. When I went on a study tour, I received a piece of news that my family members went on camping and they died in a forest fire. Wait for a second, dad, what are you doing here?" Emy said.
"My daughter, it was this place. We came here Emy: I, your mother, and your little brother. This place used to be the best spot for camping. But these two scums, Alex and James, set the woods on fire. Along with many other people, these two came here for camping. They left the campfire unattended.
Their negligently discarded cigarettes and unattended campfire were responsible for the forest fire incident. That forest fire took the lives of thousands of people including your family."
Emy's eyes were filled with tears.
“Hey Emy’s dad, how are you alive? Didn’t you say that you and your family were killed?” James asked.
“Who said I am alive? I am a spirit, not a human,” said Emy’s dad.
"James, you jerk," Emy grabbed the collar of James's shirt and slapped him.
She shouted, "Because of your carelessness, I lost my whole family."
Emy was talking to James and suddenly his whole body was on fire. Soon he was turned to ashes.
Emy was crying. The souls of Emy's mother, her little brother, and her father were standing around her.
Emy looked at them with tears in her eyes, and then she blinked her eyes and found herself in her home.
THE EERIE NIGHT OF AUTUMN(Aleena Nawaz)
The tall trees in the forest were dark and queer. They were staring at them like silent sentries. The path in the woods was old and otherworldly. An acrid odour spread everywhere.
A group of three friends named Alex, Emy, and James was traveling in the car. Alex was driving the car while Emy and James were sitting in the rear seat. Suddenly, they heard an eldritch screech. Emy felt as if their car had hit something.
"I think we just hit something, " Emy said.
"Should we go out and check?" James asked.
"Forget it. What can we possibly hit? This must be a fallen log. Let's just get going," Alex replied.
"I had already told you that there was a sign board in front of this road which says, 'the prohibited area, enter at your own risk.' Alex, why did you opt for this path? We should have taken the main road," Emy said.
"It's the shortest route. Don't worry we will soon get out of here," Alex said.
Suddenly, they got stranded in the woods because their car ran out of gas. They came out of the car.
James said, "What should we do now? We are stranded and there is no one around."
"I had said to Alex that we shouldn't take this route but he said it would be okay. The trees look kind of scary," Emy said.
"Scary? What do you mean? Do you think that suddenly the weather will become cold and we will hear some kind of strange sounds that will scare the hell out of us," said James.
Suddenly the weather became unpleasantly chilly. There was inky blackness, and the wind was icy and withering.
"Why do I feel like the weather has become colder than before," Emy said.
"I think we should start walking so that we can get out of here," said Alex.
"Yeah, let's get going," said James.
They started walking but they felt as if someone had been chasing them.
"I hate Autumn nights because they are surprisingly scary," Emy said.
"Let's just get out of here as soon as possible," James said.
Around them, there were dark trees, eerie sounds, and a cold that could steal one's breath away.
"I don't want to say that but this place looks like a resting place of countless souls. I mean just look at that tree. The way it is bent gives me goosebumps," James uttered.
They continued to walk. Alex was walking in front, Emy in the middle and James was behind Emy. While walking, James unintentionally saw a mysterious woman who was standing in front of a cluster of trees. She was wearing white clothes. Her hair was very long. It touched her feet. She was almost eight to nine feet tall.
James screamed and started running. Alex grabbed him.
"James, where do you think you are going?" Alex shouted.
"I saw something there," said James.
Alex and Emy looked at the cluster of trees but there was nothing.
"Enough, stop it, James. Stop fooling around," said Emy.
"I saw something, why don't you guys believe me," said James.
"Let's continue walking," Emy said.
They started walking again.
Emy stepped on something.
"What is this?" Emy uttered.
They stopped to look at it. It was a skull.
"It's a human skull," James shouted.
"Oh my God!" Emy shouted.
"I had already told you that this place is queer," said James.
"Hey! Just wait a minute. Did you guys notice that we have been walking for so long but we are at the same spot? Just look at the surrounding. We are standing at the same spot from where we started walking," Emy said.
"I don't know what is happening?" Alex said.
"I think we should sit in the car and wait for the dawn," James said.
"Yeah, let's sit in the car," Emy said.
James opened the door of the car and saw a woman covered in white who was sitting in the rear seat and she said to him, "Get in."
James shouted at the top of his voice.
"There is a woman in the car," said James.
Alex and Emy looked but there was nothing.
Emy said,
"I told you to stop fooling...."
Emy looked in the front mirror of the car and saw a woman covered in white standing right behind Alex.
"Alex, what the hell is behind you?" Emy shouted.
Alex turned around and saw a woman covered in white. Her face was right in front of Alex. Her face was dark, her eyes were red and she had a grotesque appearance.
Within minutes to seconds, she disappeared right in front of their eyes.
The three of them looked at each other and then they got in the car and locked the doors. They weren't talking to each other and were trying to understand what just happened.
"What should we do? We need to get out of here. This place doesn't look right," Emy cried.
Suddenly their car started shaking.
"What is this?" Alex shouted.
Their car was covered in haze and nothing was visible. James opened the door of the car to get out of it but found that their car wasn't on the ground. It was high in the air.
He closed the door abruptly.
"Did you guys see? Our car is not on the ground," James shouted.
Two long, dark grey hands came out of nowhere and drag Alex, sitting in the driver's seat, out of the car.
"Alex, get in," Emy and James shouted.
Emy and James tried to get out of the car but they were unable to move. Their bodies became so stiff that they weren't even capable of lifting a finger.
Alex started running but he constantly felt that he was being followed.
Suddenly, mist surrounded him and because of it, he could hardly see anything. The colour left his face, and he couldn't breathe. He heard some voice whisper in his ear, "How dare you come here?"
Before he could say anything, a sinister figure appeared in front of him. Her eyes were blood-red and her skin was dark grey. She had long hair and her height was abnormally longer than a normal woman's.
Alex was looking at her without noticing that he was surrounded by a group of ghosts who were looking at Alex with their blood-red eyes.
Alex tried to escape but that woman beheaded him. A dust storm came that buried the corpse of Alex.
After that, the car returned to the ground. Emy and James came out of it and started searching for Alex. While doing so, James saw a strange, dark grey-coloured, ghost kid who was sitting on the branch of a tree. He tried to ignore it but then something attracted his attention. When he looked vigilantly, he saw Emy who was sitting next to that ghost kid. When James turned, he saw that Emy was also standing next to him at the same time.
James became breathless. He screamed and started running.
"Where are you going? James stop, don't run," Emy shouted but James ran as fast as he could. Emy ran behind him.
James continued to run and met a man standing there with a lantern in his hand.
That man said to James,
"You can't escape from them. You and your friend named Alex, you both are murderers."
Emy reached there.
"Who are you old man?" Emy asked.
"Alex has been killed and now it is your turn, James. You will be burnt to ashes, James," that old man said.
"How do you know our names? Who are you? Who will kill me? I haven't done anything wrong, " James asked.
"Kindly tell us how can we get out of here?" Emy asked the old man.
"Emy, you are also here. Long time no see," the old man said to Emy.
"What are you talking about?" James asked.
"Emy, don't you even remember your father?" The old man said.
"Father!" Emy uttered.
"Do you remember how your family died?" The old man asked Emy.
"It was a long time ago. When I went on a study tour, I received a piece of news that my family members went on camping and they died in a forest fire. Wait for a second, dad, what are you doing here?" Emy said.
"My daughter, it was this place. We came here Emy: I, your mother, and your little brother. This place used to be the best spot for camping. But these two scums, Alex and James, set the woods on fire. Along with many other people, these two came here for camping. They left the campfire unattended.
Their negligently discarded cigarettes and unattended campfire were responsible for the forest fire incident. That forest fire took the lives of thousands of people including your family."
Emy's eyes were filled with tears.
“Hey Emy’s dad, how are you alive? Didn’t you say that you and your family were killed?” James asked.
“Who said I am alive? I am a spirit, not a human,” said Emy’s dad.
"James, you jerk," Emy grabbed the collar of James's shirt and slapped him.
She shouted, "Because of your carelessness, I lost my whole family."
Emy was talking to James and suddenly his whole body was on fire. Soon he was turned to ashes.
Emy was crying. The souls of Emy's mother, her little brother, and her father were standing around her.
Emy looked at them with tears in her eyes, and then she blinked her eyes and found herself in her home.
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Shelly Garrod
11/07/2022Wow, now that is a very eerie and spooky story. Well done Aleena.
Blessings Shelly
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Aleena Nawaz
11/07/2022Thank you so much for the appreciation!
I am so glad to know that you like my horror short story:)
Stay happy and blessed:)
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Charles Walter
10/26/2022Excellently written! A very spooky short story. It's a perfect gift for Halloween!
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