I know there's nothing in my house with me.

Despite her quiet reassurances, she shivers at the bottom of the stairs. It was midnight and she had just gotten home from work ten minutes ago. Her black and white pantsuit creased with wrinkles and her hair ruffled, she was obviously tired. Maybe what she saw was her shadow... Or-

No, there's absolutely no way that ghosts are real. That fuzzy, dark figure had to be my imagination- or maybe I'm delusional because I haven't slept in twenty-four hours?

She decides on that and nods to herself as she finally walks up the stairs, ignoring the brief wave of tension that made her body spasm. She makes a mental note to get on a better sleep schedule while shuffling into her room, nearly zombie-like. Her eyes growing even heavier as she changed into a T-shirt and shorts, mumbling that she would shower later.

Creak

Her body tenses yet again and she pauses, tilting her head to look over at the bedroom door. It was wide open, completely normal for her, and yet her skin crawled. She glances around the room just in case and then eases her way back into the hall. Slowly, she takes in the dated decor and ugly rugs.

There's nothing there. Still the same gross looking mansion. I can't wait to fix this place up once I get my vacation time.

She sighs in slight relief and goes back to her room, practically collapsing onto the bed. Her eyes slowly shutting as she sinks into the soft mattress. Her ears pick up on another noise but she ignores it, assuming now that the house is just settling and besides, she was so tired she figured she was getting paranoid. Just as she began to drift off, the bed shifted and she frowns, her eyes fluttering back open in slight worry that the old floor was giving in.

Thump

She yelps and sits up quickly, her heart pounding in response to the headboard of the bed being slammed into the wall. Suddenly wide awake, she looks around the room frantically. Her chest tight and her hands sweating as her entire body trembled. A second passed and she could finally find her voice, now half convinced she did see someone in the house.

"Who... Who's there?" She grabs her pillow and holds it up as menacingly as she can manage.

"Show yourself! I.. I know how to fight! And banish spirits!" She squeaks out, covering all her bases, just in case. Still trembling, she sees the outline of a person standing in the corner of the room, by the door.

"G-get out. Whoever you are- whatever you are, get out!" She shrieks, her voice coming out high and panicked. The figure moves forward slowly, then all at once, the door slams closed.

And it rushes towards the bed as she screams in terror.

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

Nothing I’ve read has changed me more than “you do people a favor by accepting their help” like I repeat this constantly to so many people because it’s true!!! People like to feel useful, they like to feel kind, they like to feel like they have an ability to impact people’s lives so just let them!! Not everything is a thing to be owed back — accept people’s kindness without making a competition out of it

Just thinking about this today like I was ringing up a woman at the store and she was a dollar short but somebody had tipped me (personally, not the whole staff) a couple bucks earlier and I was like here take one of these and she was so shocked I would do that and made a point to remember my name and thanked me so much over like. One dollar. And then later another customer asked to pay for another couple’s drinks and they were so surprised and trying to buy them something in return but clearly that person just wanted to do something nice and they ended up having a long conversation and laughed together and it would have been so awkward if they’d completely refused or tried to give them money back and it would have ruined the moment. It’s the easiest thing to just pay forward kindness but that also means you have to accept people’s kindness when it comes around to you.

You can accept a gift with generosity in the same way you can give one with generosity

REBLOG IF YOU WANT A LOVE LETTER FROM A FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN YOUR ASK BOX NOW

only if you have the time!~ ^^ 

horror but make it healing

what i mean is: the house that hates you because it hates all of humanity because it is old, and abandoned, and left to rot. the house that tries to kill you because it doesn't care what you intend or what you want and all it knows is that its purpose has gone ignored and then has changed, by degrees, with malicious intent derived from neglect. a house that sees you as threat and will not wait for you to draw first blood - or worse, to just... ignore it more. again. forever.

but also; what does it look like to meet that house halfway and work to better it. can you renovate it? can you find the hurt and heal it? is it Horror if it can be Fixed? but not fixed like it never happened, but fixed like we reinforced the crack in the east wall of the foundation, we re-bricked the fireplace with respect to its original style, we found the rot and - as gently as possible - removed it, grafted new tissue, applied bandages. can you rehabilitate a haunted house, and offer it love? or is it prideful to even try - because all you're doing is setting it up for more failure and heartbreak in the future, after you die and it goes uncared for, neglected, again?

can you make a house that hates you love you without ensuring that it will hate again after you - because a house lives a long, long time after a human dies?

just introduced a local bat species into your room.

Dad trying really hard to relate to his goth kid

Tumblr creators: It’s totally fine to reblog your own posts. Sometimes people don’t see them the first time, or the algorithm messes with you, or whatever. I reblog my own shit all the time and I don’t care if you do, too. Actually, I’d recommend it. Actually, I’d highly encourage it. Actually, go into your posts right now and reblog something you wish more people would’ve seen. We understand. We want you to get your stuff out there. We don’t mind if we see it a second time, or a third, or a fourth, so that someone who’s never seen it can enjoy it for the first time. We’re not sick of you yet. Keep it coming.

You're strong. Your undead minions are plentiful and loyal. The skulls motif in your tower is not "tacky". Your enemies are afraid of you. You don't need the approval of the living.

rb this and tag what was the horror movie you saw too young and scarred you for years (mine was the first paranormal activity)

Jeepers Creepers 😫

Christopher McKenney

Ophelia Coming Out Of Her River To Shame Hamlet

Ophelia Coming Out Of Her River To Straight Up Murder Hamlet

Ophelia Aggressively Introducing Hamlet To Her River

F. Scott Fitzgerald / The Ice Palace

Started yet another rewatch of the librarians 🤪🤪🤪 if you haven’t seen it yet I highly recommend! It’s got everything!

Hilarious one liners?

Cute country boy who’s secretly smart af?

Family of misfits?

THAT GAY SHIT???

Oh and there’s a brain in a jar

Seriously guys watch it it’s so good