A Gothic Short Story
Gothic fiction writing:
As I make my way over the hill I see dark clouds surrounding the place I’ve been heading towards, the large estate that my uncle and aunt own. It has a large building that looks somewhat like a castle, it is a cream colour with blue roofs but still manages to look dark and mysterious and has an eerie feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof, the other half is lower down, only about 5 stories high, with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt, uncle and their daughter, my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my …show more content…
I haven’t visited for many years but I visited so much as a child I do not need a tour. The ceilings are very high and I can barely see them in the darkness of the night. The walls all have lovely paintings covering them. I can tell the interior design has been thoroughly thought out and the colour scheme is gold, black and red. When I finally make it up the many flights of stairs to the 6th floor of the building where my room is situated I thank the butler for taking care of me and go inside. The first thing I notice is how dark the room is. The only source of light is the moon light shining through the window, which casts a mysterious glow across the room. I quickly go to the fireplace and light it to provide me with not just light but warmth as I am cold from my trek. After successfully lighting the fire I light a candle next to my bed. I then finally have a look around my room. It looks as if they had set this room up for me with months’ notice, but in truth they only found out a week ago they would be taking me in. there is a lovely vanity on one side of the room, a wardrobe full of lovely clothing and many expensive pieces of furniture laid out around the room. Deciding to thoroughly look through my room in the morning I find a gown to wear to bed and go to …show more content…
I have been exploring the building but stopped after finding it too scary and dark. One rainy afternoon while I am sitting in one of the patios on the ground floor reading a book I hear the front doors bang open and the sound of many feet running inside. I start to hear shouting and become scared not knowing who it was and wait until I hear confirmation it is no one dangerous. Finally, after a few minutes I hear my uncles voice and then I walk out to the entrance to see what is happening. When I get there, I see many people huddling around something that is on the cold, black, marble floor. As I step closer I see it is a body. I start to step closer to have a look until I get pulled into another room by my aunt. I ask her what is going on, she tells me that they have found one of those taken, a young girl, they are hoping to keep her alive so they can find out who is taking people. Not counting the little girl there are 12 people that are missing and some at the estate are losing hope of finding them but this little girl has given me the confidence that we will find
As I make my way over the hill I see dark clouds surrounding the place I’ve been heading towards, the large estate that my uncle and aunt own. It has a large building that looks somewhat like a castle, it is a cream colour with blue roofs but still manages to look dark and mysterious and has an eerie feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof, the other half is lower down, only about 5 stories high, with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt, uncle and their daughter, my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my …show more content…
I haven’t visited for many years but I visited so much as a child I do not need a tour. The ceilings are very high and I can barely see them in the darkness of the night. The walls all have lovely paintings covering them. I can tell the interior design has been thoroughly thought out and the colour scheme is gold, black and red. When I finally make it up the many flights of stairs to the 6th floor of the building where my room is situated I thank the butler for taking care of me and go inside. The first thing I notice is how dark the room is. The only source of light is the moon light shining through the window, which casts a mysterious glow across the room. I quickly go to the fireplace and light it to provide me with not just light but warmth as I am cold from my trek. After successfully lighting the fire I light a candle next to my bed. I then finally have a look around my room. It looks as if they had set this room up for me with months’ notice, but in truth they only found out a week ago they would be taking me in. there is a lovely vanity on one side of the room, a wardrobe full of lovely clothing and many expensive pieces of furniture laid out around the room. Deciding to thoroughly look through my room in the morning I find a gown to wear to bed and go to …show more content…
I have been exploring the building but stopped after finding it too scary and dark. One rainy afternoon while I am sitting in one of the patios on the ground floor reading a book I hear the front doors bang open and the sound of many feet running inside. I start to hear shouting and become scared not knowing who it was and wait until I hear confirmation it is no one dangerous. Finally, after a few minutes I hear my uncles voice and then I walk out to the entrance to see what is happening. When I get there, I see many people huddling around something that is on the cold, black, marble floor. As I step closer I see it is a body. I start to step closer to have a look until I get pulled into another room by my aunt. I ask her what is going on, she tells me that they have found one of those taken, a young girl, they are hoping to keep her alive so they can find out who is taking people. Not counting the little girl there are 12 people that are missing and some at the estate are losing hope of finding them but this little girl has given me the confidence that we will find