In the short story “Gore” by Sarah Ellis, the character of Amy is able to effectively deceive her brother Lucas that there is an alien-like creature in the house in order to get her book back. Soon after their parents go out to do the usual Saturday grocery, Lucas grabs the book from Amy’s hands and hides inside the washroom. At the time, Amy quickly comes up with a plan, and pretends that she is opening the door when she steps back in horror watching the three hooded faces walk “inside…‘ Hey, hold it, you can’t do that. Get out of here. HELP!”’ (Ellis 5) As the creatures are intruding into the house, the pace of the story increases in speed creating a tone in Amy’s voice to shift the mood/atmosphere to become more intense
