The mystery house

Once I was told a horror story I would like to tell you. There was a group of friends who were in a forest, when they heard a strange noise that came from an abandoned house. It was late, but they wanted to know what happened.

At half past twelve they entered the house. It was all right but when they took a few steps, the door closed very loudly and they couldn’t open it any more. They were scared and confused. The group of friends saw a book on the floor and a body of a child on the wall. One of the girls in the group took the book and disappeared just in one second. Just when they saw what had happened, they wanted to shout loud but they were paralised.

When the friends started talking about that horrible event, the body of the teleported girl appeared in front of them. One of them broke a window, and all the friends went out through the window and left the body there.

A week later the friends wanted to know what had happened to their friend’s body. They entered the house again. They went straight to the living room, because the body was supposed to be there. To their surprise, they didn’t find the body, but a note instead that stated: “if you want to live you need to find the mystery book and say the words that are inside, but be careful with the traps that are in the house.”

They were scared, and they turned round at the same moment and they started to run to the door. Things are not so easy, I am afraid. When one of them opened the door, it was like an infinite loop. When they realized that they couldn’t escape, the group of friends started to look for the book with caution. Three hours later, when they found the book, they said the magic words and they appeared outside, in front of the house. It was amazing, they were like ten years old, they had traveled to the future. When they were running in order not to see the house any longer, a murderer with a large knife killed them and put their bodies in the wall too. Needless to say, next to the body of the child wath there.

Another group of friends who were near the house heard weird noises and wanted to know what was happening.

The story repeats itself!



Aleix Poy Beguer

Institut Dertosa, Tortosa


*Conte premiat en la categoria de secundària en el XII Concurs de microrelats de terror 2021, organitzat per la biblioteca de l'Institut Cristòfol Despuig.