Every night i woke up to the same response, NOTHING. i was left home alone at the age of two. ... I got to go to daycare everyday at this home in West Roxbury. ... We came home, i played outside in my barbie hotwheels while my nana cooked dinner, Then we ate, i took a bath and then played boared games with my dad. ... As a result, i slept in my dads room with him every night. i did not go to bed until i made sure he was sleeping. ... I began having the old nightmares again, waking up at night to check on my dad, making him sleep in my room with me because i was afraid. ...

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Ghost stories, they have the power to throw us into another world, leading us to not only fear for the characters within the novel but for ourselves as the ghosts seem to follow the reader around weeks afterwards. It is the mastery of description that enslaves our minds as readers. Ghost stories pai...

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