The vocabulary of the GOTHIC

An horror short story

This is not an invented history. It's real. It happened in a dismal town, nobody knows exactly where does it is. One girl was travelling to visit her family when the cold was arriving. While it was getting dark, she suddenly saw an inn in the middle of nowhere. She was very tired, so she decided to stop there this night. There were only three persons inside. Her impetuosity made her start raving when she saw a wrath and terrorific old man. After that, her corpse was found near a river on that nerby town, with an affliction face.

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The Gothic Novel

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My favourite horror movie

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Comic relief

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