staying a night in a haunted house

1548 Linden Avenue has a reputation for being haunted. It’s scary, eerie, people have died in there, they cautioned me. I was offered a thousand dollars to stay here one whole night. I brought my sleeping bag, a flashlight, a book and snacks. Everything was fine for the first couple of hours, and I fell asleep. A loud crash woke me up; my heart beat was erratic and fast. What was that? I felt like I was hearing Poe’s telltale heart. Confident it was my imagination, I tried to go back to my slumber. A voice in my head said “be alert, they want you dead.” My body began shaking violently. My teeth were clicking together. Don’t be silly! I told myself, this was not me. It is futile to fight, the entity told me. No one leaves this house alive. I tried to open the front door. It was locked tight. I decided to push the window open. it must have been nailed shut. I knew I would not be leaving this house alive. Suddenly a thousand dollars did not seem like a great deal.