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The Castle Screamed in the Dark

May 28, 2011
By Anonymous

The castle screamed in the dark. It might have been true that within its gaping walls its occupants screamed, but they were not the only ones. The great turrets, the walls of stone, the pillories, and the long finger-like entrapments of rock, all these screeched in the flickering lightning sky.

It stood atop an isolated cliff-face, aloof from the troubles of the world. But that did it no good, for within its sides were far more troubles than the world might ever encounter. Within its walls was treachery, murder, seduction, violence, treason. A desperate struggle for power.

The ancient stone pillars reaching for the sky seemed ever more austere at night, veiled as they were by thick black mist and surrounded as they were by swarms of vile flying creatures. The tolling bells of the castle centre seemed far more melancholy in the dark, for the night merely amplified the lugubrious tone which reverberated around the empty dusty halls. The great ante-chambers and oak-doors did not appear grand and splendid as they had done in their heyday, but merely depressing, decadent, dying.

The castle screamed in the dark. And the dark did not scream back, but only smiled.


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on Aug. 14 2011 at 6:58 am
TMarshall BRONZE, Keswick, Other
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Thanks for your kind words!!

on Jul. 16 2011 at 7:04 am
TMarshall BRONZE, Keswick, Other
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Thank you for your comments. It was inspired by (in fact it is almost a synopsis for) a book called Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake, which is about a Gothic castle. I was kinda channelling his style into my own.

Fizza_98 said...
on Jul. 16 2011 at 3:18 am
i think its about the Mother Nature which is being destroyed. :(

Ally_H. GOLD said...
on Jul. 15 2011 at 10:29 pm
Ally_H. GOLD, Bridgeport, West Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don\'t matter and those who matter don\'t mind.

I really enjoyed this. I'm still trying to decide exactly what it means, which I like. It was short, but I think the length was appropriate. Very good.

on Jul. 14 2011 at 5:26 pm
flyingpinkgiraffes, Chardon, Ohio
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holy crap that was amazing.  it was so dark and descriptive... I loved it!