Example Of A Gothic Story

Annie has now lived in the sepulchral castle for three months. She, nor her family, have had any paranormal encounters, but Annie still postulates that there is someone or something living in the shadows of her home. One dreary evening while her parents were having a dinner party for some of the wealthy people of the town, Annie excuses herself and goes off exploring. She figures that while her parents were distracted, it was the perfect time to go into the forbidden room. Annie creeps down the long hallway, where it seems as if every board of the hardwood flooring creaks as she steps as lightly as possible on them. She reaches the door, and puts her hands on the ice cold doorknob. She turns the doorknob and pushes the door inward, as it eerily