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I want you wonderful prosers to write a ghost story in rhyme (or prose), but it should start with the following line: "A house stands upon a shady hill..." let's see who can run a chill down my spine! Please tag me (@fortbruce) in your story/poem so I can know you entered into the challenge. Good Luck!!
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The House of Mister Saint

Warning: Some content may be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

A house stands upon a shady hill

At the corner of crooked Bernerville

Rests the house of one Mister Saint

Where the light shines so faint

He is a saint only by name

For his countless sins bring him shame

Such dark secrets and horrors inside that house

Which all started after the death of his spouse

When his darling wife laid deceased

Mister Saint developed an aquired feast

He'd devour on raw rats, rabbits, and frogs

Then gorge on molded cheese and heads of hogs

His maddening howls can be heard at night

Every man, woman, and child awoke with horrid fright 

The walls lay rotten with mold

The air inside feels stale and cold

A toxic odor swept through the crawlspace

His skinned victims he kept under the staircase

He tortured them by the rising day

He killed them by night after they pray

He beat them until fresh bruises bloom

Until he used the axe to finish them in his bedroom

Pictures of children held above the fire

A way to feed his pedophilic desire

In the attic, he sacrificed his daughters and sons

In the basement, he gave offerings to the Great Old Ones

The townsfolk had enough of this demon's taint

They rallied and captured ol' Mister Saint

At the dead oak tree, justice delivered swift by this gang

Leaving Mister Saint's corpse to hang

They had hoped that with this death

The spirits of the slain will draw last breath

Finally to lay rest

By their Lord's request

Yet a darker shadow kept them chained

Mister Saint's demonic form is what remained

Inside that house, where darkness always fell

Imprisoning victims' souls in a pain hell

All damned together

All damned forever

In the house of Mister Saint

Where the light shines so faint

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