Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Shelly’s acclaimed novel “Frankenstein” tells the story of a man who tries to create a new species, or master species without any female involvement. Through the creation of this character, Victor realizes that he has created a monster, and works throughout the novel to try to extinguish this being, but is ultimately unsuccessful in his goal. Throughout the story, the character of the monster parallels the character of his creator as they are related to each other in terms of their thirst for…

flight, and one week with your dad's side of the family.” At the moment i was very excited, but i thought to myself i've never met half of my family because they don't live here, and also because i've never been on a plane by myself, something pretty scary yet so cool. I wasn’t…

In this scene, the setting that Alice is in is a very dark facility with low lighting to create a very abandoned and creepy atmosphere. The props that are used is a nearby gun that she acquires however, she does not fire it because she was somewhat short on time. In relation to this, the film of Resident Evil…

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir of her increasingly difficult and troubling life. Throughout these adventures her and her three siblings travel to many places from California to Phoenix, to the quite backward town of Welch, and to New York City itself. In which, her relationship with her parents is at times, straining and at the times, one of the strongest relationships she has. Whether or not that is true, is up for debate. The relationship she has with her parents can be…

I learned more about who I am because of history class and my parents. I am Asian American. My father is Caucasian and my mother is Asian. I am not as dark as other Asian Americans but I do have features that represent my heritage. I am Japanese to make things easy but being more specific I am actually Okinawan, which is an island of Japan. Okinawans have different features than Japanese people. The have…

As she motioned for him to sit beside her on the bench, she smiled, one of those rare, true ones, making his heart shudder and his throat tighten. Perhaps he should tell her the truth, that his mouth moved faster than his brain before, and the mention of a favor was a mistake, a slip. “Well?” she asked encouragingly. “What is it you need?” He stalled, pausing to slowly extract the wool from his nose, which was probably…

creatures by mixing genes). We have eternal pride, for if our houses burn to the ground, we´ll build it up, we'll hammer and pound. We´ll build it up—up to the clouds. Then, we'll look down—down to the start. Then, we'll party and dance until it's dark. But when we've descended to madness, I'll be full of nothing but sadness. I´ll think back to when we were great, But then we’ll be no more than a pile of hate. When dawn breaks loose and night runs away, We’ll hope that we're safe, for now…

and Power’’ weird name right? I used to think the same. Like all normal children in this world, I have a best friend which is a white wildcat named Altaic and a secret love that half of the school know who she is and if they don’t know someone will tell them eventually. Leslie Stephanie Marie Cornelius, sorry is not like I am obsessed or anything is just that she is my father's boss daughter, which that makes her the daughter of the President of the world. Yep, I hang around important people all…

One night in Purple County, it was the beginning of something no one could imagine. The story begins on a stormy, cloudy night when Billy’s phone rang, “Hello, who is this?” he moaned half asleep, “This better not be a prank call, you little rascals are always trying to test me. I don’t want to buy anything goodb-” “No it’s me you silly bum, sorry I just have a lot going on right now. Can you come over to my house and talk, please, I really need to vent.” said Ally, his best friend. “Do you…

It was in early June of 2006, a pleasant, exciting Saturday evening. One hundred of us sit anxiously, one after the other, in cold metal chairs in the cafeteria of my elementary school. We wore purple silky gowns. We wait nervously for our names. Once all our names are called, we wait patiently for what happens next, and look for our parents faces, we had just heard that we were the 2006 graduating kindergarten class at Elgin Elementary. For all of us, this was the beginning of everything we’d…