The Attic Door

and manicured grounds appears. Int. Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women - Evening Cammie and Liz descend down the spiral staircase towards the Grand Hall. Everyone is laughing and enjoying themselves. Liz and Cammie keep looking towards the door in the atrium. • LIZ (whispering in a Southern accent): Maybe there was trouble with the plane? Or customs? Or … I'm sure she's just late. Cammie nods and glances at the foyer. • LIZ: Did you hear from her? I didn't hear from her. Why didn't we…

blood running down his thin sheet of skin out of the freshly sliced cuts and drenching his shirt with spots of blood. He restraints himself to look back, because another look at his mother would cost him his life. As he approaches the front wooden door with beautifully carved glass panels that allow people inside the house to look outside in a blurry vision, he sees a tall and distorted figure standing outside. There are also a few other smaller figures behind…

Jeep swung into our driveway, and Jackie was leaning on the horn before the car came to a complete stop. Grabbing my coat from the couch, I walked out my front door dragging my arms like dead weight. I slowly made my way to the car gripping the door handle with little to no effort. I sat down in the seat, and before I could even close the door, and was already halfway down the street. “Why did you interrupt…

“Someone let me out! I’m locked in the library!” She screamed repeatedly at the top of her lungs and banged her fist on the heavy, wooden door until she couldn’t any longer. She surrendered in defeat and decided to explore these cryptic halls. A stone arch made the massive room look regal. She carefully strided under the archway only to see the moonlight hit the floor. A massive hole opened up from the middle of the intricate pattern on the floor under the towering ceiling. A twisting staircase…

The rain pelts down as I am on the edge of the covered area. I press the button repeatedly for the doors to open. Stepping to the side to let the crowd of people fall out of the train. I keep my head down and avoid eye contact as I push my way through the doors, holding my purse and flowers close. I enter the train and sit down on the grey fabric splattered with a pattern of coloured shapes. A pungent smell fills my nostrils, as…

The first thing our tour guide said to us was, “Don’t worry about it, the safari car is very safe and the animals are used to people coming through here.” The car was pretty big, seating our whole group plus an experienced driver. It had four tall doors and a few metal bars going up the side of the roof. There wasn’t any netting around the outside of the truck, which made us a little nervous. We all loaded into the safari trucks and our tour guide explained the rules and regulations of being on…

Instead, he left it parked outside the front door; a spot reserved for ambulances only. The four of us then jumped out of the car, slamming the doors behind us. We then ran through the doors marked “Emergency Room”. There we encountered the desk clerk who was a nasty witch and gave us the wrong directions to the emergency room where Carter was being held. As we were…

of the barn. As the barn came into view, I could see it was covered with aged brick and siding. I also saw a sign. I could only read the sign when the lightning flashed, because that was my only light. The sign said, “Lidtke Mill.” I checked the doors to see if they were locked, but once I pushed on them, they flew right open. I was surprised that the inside of the Lidtke Mill was bright and creepy. The building was full of dust and flour, but it had nobody inside. While I stepped closer and…

When she would go visit him, she said he would take an eternity to open up the door (USAToday, 2013). She went on to mention that when the family tried to make travel plans, Castro’s life always got in the way. He didn’t like leaving his house unattended for more than a day at a time he told them. She also recalled that he usually…

I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't so I helped Mamá with Rorra. After about an hour later, everyone was awake and staring at the door, waiting for the officers to come in and tell us that the papers were done. After about half an hour of waiting, the officers came in and told us to go to the restroom, and then wait out into the large room with the fish to leave. We all went to the…