Ebony Street traces its path up a steep hill in San Francisco, and even at the bottom of that hill you can see that empty house, two stories, gloomily overlooking the neighborhood with a curtained pair of shattered spectacles.
The houses at the base of the street are nice enough, sandwiched cozily by California poppies and white picket fences. But everyone knows that once you near the cul-de-sac, things aren’t quite so cheery. In fact, the houses that circle the roundabout, their occupants included, are downright terrifying!
And yet, even the most bedevilling property can be seen as a treasure to the desperate.
Even though the real estate agent tries to warn them, the half-dozen college students treat the whole haunted house thing as a stroke of luck. 823 Ebony St., that gloomy house at the top of the hill, has been empty for nearly ten years now, so it’s dirt-cheap. They snatch it up with hardly a second thought.
College is only a bike ride away, and living at 823 will give them the chance to save up for nicer dorms next year. The axe-murderer-esque neighbors and the mysterious apparitions might be a tad bit concerning, but hey. For that price, anything’s worth it.
Speaking of the cul-de-sac neighbors, those people have a story too. They might just seem like wackos who have schadenfreude scaring possible residents away from 823, but they actually have a very good reason for their hauntings, one that is riddled with secrets and, most importantly, bound by a friendship that began in their own years at college.
Ten years of haunting and ten years of successful scaring-away of any temporary tenants at 823 has equipped these neighbors with the skills and the confidence they need to rat-out the college kids. But this time, it might not be so easy.
While the six college students struggle to hold their ground at 823, what bone-chilling secrets of the cul-de-sac will they discover?
I have borrowed a few titles from the king of horror as nicknames for the four other houses. I’ve not personally read any of these Stephen King books, so interpret them as you please. Perhaps the person living at Salem’s Lot is a witch, for example. One thing I require is that the person living at The Dark Tower is good with mechanics and technology.
If you want to have more than one person living in your house, I’m open to that! Just check with me first in the DT.
1. Pet Sematary: Lillian Bollino (@Wolfical)
2. Salem’s Lot: Katrina Smith (@LadyLizz)
3. The Dark Tower: Roland Garros (@Persistence)
4. Black House: Benjamin Itim (@Crysi)
Spoiler! :
All these incoming college freshmen want is a chance to save their money. There's also something thrilling about living in a haunted house with your friends.
1. Leonardo Carter (@saentiel)
2. Ember Grace (@Sheytato)
3. April Hollenback-Moore (@Steggy)
4. Amy Brooks (@soundofmind)
5. Tom Hidaka (@Synnoev)
6. Gabriel Millard (@Strident)
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