And the Words: “It is quite true that his life had been very evil, but, upon the other hand, he was most conscientious in all things connected with the supernatural.” – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde.
He materialised in his usual place, within the ruins of the castle that had once been his home. He cast his mind back remembering the splendour of his great hall once lined with red silk tapestries.
Spotting what he’d very much hoped to see, a lingering tourist, who had come unawares that this was one of the most haunted sites in England, he drifted over, slow and steady in his usual manner.
His body had become incorporeal but he retained his sentience and his desire to kill.
It is quite true that his life had been very evil, but, upon the other hand, he was most conscientious in all things connected with the supernatural.
As he reached out to this living creature, hoping to scare him to death, the man turned and stood there, without a qualm, no delicious screams.
“People were so hard to scare nowadays”, he lamented woefully.
[150 Words]
This story was written for the 50 Word Thursday challenge, click below if you like to take part:
https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/50-word-thursday-40/
I will be posting all the entries tomorrow evening.
I have also included the following word prompts:
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/your-daily-word-prompt-sentience-october-8-2019/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/qualm/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/rdp-tuesday-slow/
Tales from the mind of Kristian 
Excellent storytelling as always. Great usage of all the prompts.
I don’t think I would be as brave to face real haunted ruins… Nope! Couldn’t do it. 😜
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Luckily, although these ruins were supposed to be haunted but we were there in broad daylight and I didn’t see anything spooky at all. Didn’t linger too long though, just in case 🙂
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I can’t say I blame you. LOL!
The house I lived in from 5 years of age until 12, was haunted. Not in a bad or evil way, but it was most definitely haunted.
It was torn down when I was in my early twenties. They rented it out to three other families, but no oe stayed put… then it never got rented out again.
Shame too, it was a gorgeous old colonial.
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I do love old houses, but they can be a bit creeky and scary. My house was built in 1950 so isn’t old or new really. It has a warm and welcoming feeling though.
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I adore older homes too. That house we lived in was built in 1796 and a small addition was added in 1950-(something).
To this day, I miss that old home.
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Excellent take! Love it.
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Thank you. I could have called it ‘the disappointed ghost’. 😉
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Oh, good story around both prompts. Fitting in so well. The tourist is hardy!
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That’s me in the picture, but I wouldn’t have been that hardy, I would have screamed and run a mile! 😉
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Me too, specially in a place like that.
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The tourist was probably too occupied sending selfies to friends back home to notice another being. Happens all the time. 😉
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Very true 🙂
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