On a dark, dark night
In a spooky, old wood
There's a house with a door left ajar.

There's a woman in the window
With a hand on her shoulder
And trailing down her cheek is a scar.

Someone lost in the wood
Comes right upon the house
Doesn't knock, comes inside, and says “Hello?”

Only silence greets him
As he goes throughout the house
Until he hears growling from Below.

Now there's a pounding on the stairs
As the man scrabbles up
Trying to escape what it is that he has found.

Time is running out
As the threat grows ever nearer
When the man slips fast and hits the ground.

Then the lights go out
One-two, three-four,
Shadows ravenous at once to consume.

With an outstretched hand
His fingers wrap around a knob
And he locks himself inside the woman's room.

She's a paltry little thing.
With a gray, feathered hat
And a smile that could warm the freezing cold.

But when his eyes look upon her
His heart is drenched in terror
As her gaze pierces straight through to his soul.

“Oh, little deary...
How did you get here so?
Don't you know it's the hour of the star?

It's a special time
That I've saved here just for you
While I've been watching from afar.”

On a dark, dark night
In a spooky, old wood
There's a house with a door left ajar

There's a woman in the window
With two hands on her shoulders
And trailing down her cheek is a scar.

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Wanted to try my hand at doing something different from the usual stories I've been making for One-Hour Story, so I went with a more dark "short-story" inspired by The Company of Wolves I most recently watched along with thinking of classics by Edgar Allen Poe. Let me know if you'd like to see more things like this from me in the future as I'm always keen to branch out and try new writing styles.

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